ཁྱི

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *kʰʷi, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n.

Noun

ཁྱི (khyi)

  1. dog

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 29

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *kʰʷi, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n. Cognate with Chinese 犬 (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ཁྱི • (khyi)

  1. dog

Derived terms

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