ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ

Lepcha

Etymology

ᰑᰨ (fo) (< ᰣᰦᰑᰨ (ʔáfo)) + Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gam. Cognate to Garo ওয়াগাম (wa-gam, “tooth”), Burmese အံ (am) or အံသွား (amswa:, “molar”).[1]

Noun

ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm)

  1. molar[2]

(Nouns)

  • ᰑᰨᰉᰬᰯ (fonyel, “gums”)
  • ᰑᰨᰜᰫᰰ (folún, “wisdom tooth”)

References
  1. Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎, London: Cambridge University Press, page 25
  2. Plaisier, Heleen (2007) A Grammar of Lepcha‎, Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 50
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