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Caijia
Etymology
Compare Old Chinese 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje), Burmese ငယ် (ngai, “little, young”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ŋa⁵⁵
- child
tsʰɛ²¹niɔ³³ ŋa⁵⁵sui⁵⁵ tsɔ²¹ ɔ²¹sɿ⁵⁵ ɣã²¹ fɛ⁵⁵ka³³ nɛ⁵⁵, ŋo³³ kʰɪŋ³³kɛ²¹a³³po²¹ la³³ tsɿ²¹tv̩ ³³.- As long as the children can succeed, it will be worth getting into debt.
References
- Lü, Shanshan (2022) A Reference Grammar of Caijia: An Unclassified Language of Guizhou (Sinitic languages of China: Typological descriptions), volume I, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 147
Pela
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Burmese ငါ (nga), Old Chinese 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː), Tibetan ང (nga, “I”) and Nuosu ꉢ (nga).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ŋa⁵⁵
- I, me
See also
Pela personal pronouns
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Nominative
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Genitive1
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| Singular
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1st person
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ŋa⁵⁵
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ŋai³⁵
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| 2nd person
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nɔ̃⁵⁵
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nɔ̃³⁵
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| 3rd person
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jɔ̃³¹
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jɔ̃⁵⁵
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| Dual
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1st person
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inclusive
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njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠k⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
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| exclusive
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ŋă.na̠k⁵⁵, ŋă.nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, ŋă.tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
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| 2nd person
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nauŋ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, nauŋ³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
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| 3rd person
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jɔ̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
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| Plural
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1st person
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inclusive
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njɔ̠̃³⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
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| exclusive
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ŋă.maʔ⁵⁵, ŋă.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
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| 2nd person
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nauŋ³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, nə̆.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
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| 3rd person
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jɔ̃³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
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- 1 The genetive particle na̠³¹ is often optionally added after genetive singular pronouns and nominative dual or plural pronouns.
References
- Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
- Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wang Huiyin, A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing)