- chingpaw
- ching·paw
English syllables. 2014.
chingpaw
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chingpaw — ˈchiŋˌpȯ noun (plural chingpaw or chingpaws) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Tibeto Burman ethnic group inhabiting upper Burma and the north Burma Chinese frontier region, especially the Irrawaddy drainage above Myitkyina known as “the… … Useful english dictionary
Kachin Hills — The Kachin Hills are a heavily forested group of highlands in the extreme northeastern of the Kachin State of Burma, inhabited by the Kachin or Chingpaw, who are known on the Assam frontier as Singphos. Owing to the great number of tribes, sub… … Wikipedia
Hans J. Wehrli — (* 1871; † 1945) war ein Schweizer Ethnologe und Professor in Zürich. Er promovierte zur Ethnologie der Chingpaw (Kachin) von Ober Burma und forschte unter anderem zur Wirtschafts und Siedlungsgeografie von Ober Burma und den Nördlichen Shan… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Качинский язык — язык чжингпхо, язык качин (См. Качины), живущих в Качинском и Шанском национальных государствах Бирмы и в северо западной части провинции Юньнань КНР. Относится к тибето бирмской группе китайско тибетских языков (См. Китайско тибетские… … Большая советская энциклопедия
Katschin — (Kakhjen, birman. Kakhjang), Volksstamm in Indochina, in vier größern Stämmen durch Assam und Oberbirma verbreitet, mit den Birmanen verwandt, aber mit eigner Kultur, treiben etwas Ackerbau und sind geschickte Handwerker, namentlich Schmiede;… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
punji stake — /poon jee, pun / a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound. Also called punji stick. [1870 75; earlier punjee, panja … Universalium
Kachin — Any member of a group of tribal peoples occupying parts of northeastern Myanmar and contiguous areas of India (Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland) and China (Yunnan). Numbering more than 700,000, they speak a variety of languages of the Tibeto Burman … Universalium
CHAN (ethnie) — CHAN, ethnie Peuple minoritaire de Birmanie, dont le véritable pays est le plateau Chan (de 500 à 1 500 m d’altitude), situé entre le Yunnan et la Thaïlande, et traversé du nord au sud par la profonde vallée de la Salouen. Mais on trouve… … Encyclopédie Universelle
KACHIN — KACHI Appellation d’origine birmane qui désigne une population tribale occupant le nord est de la Birmanie (où ils sont 400 000 environ) et les aires contiguës de l’Inde et de la Chine (100 000 environ). Les Kachin se différencient par les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Nung — noun a branch of the Tai languages • Hypernyms: ↑Tai * * * ˈnu̇ŋ noun (plural nung or nungs) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Thai speaking group of peoples known by a variety of names with slight phonetic variations and mainly found in Kw … Useful english dictionary
