kâng

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaŋ⁵²/

Verb

kâng

  1. To take or follow an indirect, winding, or lengthy route to a destination, especially when a more direct one is available.
  2. (figurative) To communicate in a deliberately indirect, circumlocutory, or evasive manner; to beat around the bush.

Usage notes

  • Example Sentences:
    • The road was closed, so we had to kang through the old village paths to get to the city.
    • Stop kang-ing and just tell me what you really think. What's the point?

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaaŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaŋ (“to burn, roast”)

Verb

kâng (stem II kan)

  1. (intransitive) to burn, be on fire

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kâng (stem II kân)

  1. to be lifted above the ground
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