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“sour” in Kaang Chin

In Kaang Chin, sour is tʰui kɨ.

Meaning in English

1. (noun) the property of being acidic 2. (noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth 3. (noun) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 4. (verb) go sour or spoil 5. (verb) make sour or more sour 6. (adjective) having a sharp biting taste 7. (adjective) showing a brooding ill humor 8. (adjective) inaccurate in pitch 9. (adjective) smelling of fermentation or staleness 10. (adjective) in an unpalatable state 11. (adjective) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Definition: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0)

Kaang Chin dictionary entries

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Kaang Chin

tʰui kɨ

to be sour

Source: Chin Dialect Survey (LSDO 2019): Kaang Kruk

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