lunga

adjective. heavy; fraught

Cognates

• N. lhong “heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹
• Ilk. lung “heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lungā “heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹
  • ᴹ√LUG “be heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹

Element in

• ᴹQ. ére nairea, ére lunga nairenen “existence (in this world) is sorrowful, is fraught with sorrow” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴺQ. lapselunga “pregnant, (lit.) baby-heavy”
• ᴺQ. sanwelunga “serious, (lit.) thought-heavy”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶lungā > lunga	[luŋgā] > [luŋga]	✧ Ety/LUG¹