| ← 10 | ← 20 | 100 | 1,000 → | 10,000 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: ja⁵⁵ | ||||
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja (“hundred”). Cognate with Burmese ရာ (ra) (Old Burmese ရျာ (ryā)), Tibetan བརྒྱ (brgya, “hundred”), Old Chinese 百 (*praːɡ), Tangut 𘊝 (*ꞏjir², “hundred”), Horpa rjə, Nuosu ꉐ (hxa) and Jingpho latsa. Compare Lhao Vo yo, Zaiwa sho and Hpon yáʔ.
ja⁵⁵
Like in English, Chinese and Burmese, ja⁵⁵ needs to be modified with a cardinal numeral. Thus, for "one hundred", tə̆.ja⁵⁵ ("tə̆" is a reduced form of ta³¹("one")) should be used.
Likely from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ya, thus cognate with Burmese လယ်ယာ (laiya, “land for cultivation”) and Jingpho yi (“dry field”). However, Nishi(2017)[1] has pointed out that the Burmese term had been spelled ရျာ (rya) in Old Burmese, therefore may be reconstructed a *ry- rather than *y- as initial. Compare Hpon jáʔ, Zaiwa yo, Lhao Vo yo thaung and Longchuan Achang ʑɔ⁵⁵.
ja⁵⁵
This word has /j-/ as initial consonant. Its reduced form is /jĭ-/.
Either borrowed from Tai Nüa ᥕᥣ (yaa, “cure”) or Shan ယႃ (yǎa, “cure, medicine”), ultimately from Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Compare Lhao Vo ya and Zaiwa ya.
ja⁵⁵