thla

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlaa (“month”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la (“moon, month”).

Noun

thla

1. month

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlaa (“to drop”). Transitive counterpart to tla (“to fall”).

Noun

thla (stem II thlâk)

1. to drop (another thing)
2. to lower

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thla”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society