zan-goh

Achang

Etymology

From zan (“to fight, strike”) +‎ goh (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /dzan.ɡɔ˦˧/

Verb

zan-goh

  1. to contend, get into a fight
    • 2010, “2 Samuel 14:6”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎[1], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
      Ngah loloeu aiq yuk gas yos mas zan-goh. Houmha [...] dvyuk gas gohtoeu dvyuk lyis sat.
      My two sons got into a fight in the fields. There... ...one [of them] killed the other one.

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page 151
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