sharing

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛə.ɹɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛɚ.ɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: shar‧ing
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ

Noun

sharing (plural sharings)

  1. Something shared; a point in common.
    • 1997, Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs, Archaeology and Language I:
      IE also has sharings with Nakh-Daghestanian, Semitic, and Sumerian. IE and Kartvelian, and no other languages, share numerals with Semitic.

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Verb

sharing

  1. present participle and gerund of share

Anagrams

Khasi

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *cʰǝriŋ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *sliŋ ~ sliiŋ ~ sliəŋ ~ slaiŋ (to be tilted, to squint). Cognate with Bahnar həreːŋ (to lean over), as well as with Bahnar pliːŋ (to squint) and Khmer ស្រលៀង (srɑliəng, cross-eyed). Doublet of shyngkhliang.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃariŋ/

Noun

sharing f

  1. slope, declivity

References

  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 191. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  1. Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
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