སྐྱུམ

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kjuːr ~ s-kjwaːr (“sour”).

Adjective

སྐྱུམ (skyum)

  1. sour, acidic

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
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