སྐྱི

Sikkimese

Etymology

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Verb

སྐྱི (skyi)

  1. (finance) To take out a loan, especially to buy a large amount of goods.
  • སྐྱིན་པོ (skyin po)

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 24