chyeju

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကျေးဇူး (kye:ju:) likely via Shan ၵျေးၸူး (kjée tsúu).

Noun

chyeju

  1. gratitude

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128
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