jngai
Khasi
Etymology
Cognate to Proto-Mon-Khmer *(c)ŋajʔ (“far”), whence Khmer ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay), Chong [tʰŋɯ̤əˀj], Mon ဇ္ၚဲ, Koho ngae and Vietnamese ngái.
Adjective
jngai
- far; distant
References
- Bars, E. (1973), “jngai”, in Khasi-English Dictionary, Shillong, Meghalaya: Don Bosco Press, page 500