Watch out for number ONE: Jingpho ŋāi 'I' and ləŋâi 'one (with some speculations about Jingpho number TWO)
The Jingpho (Jg.) word ləŋâi one has always had a special place in my heart, since it was the very first form I ever elicited in a Tibeto-Burman (TB) language, in the summer of 1963, when working with LaRaw Maran. The next word to emerge in that elicitation session was of course lekhorj 'two...
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179354 |