kʰjɛʔ⁵⁵

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Pela

faʔ⁵⁵ kʰjɛʔ⁵⁵ tə̆.kʰjɛʔ⁵⁵

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ချပ် (hkyap, “numerical classifier for flat objects”) (<Old Burmese ခ္လပ် (khlap)). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lap (“leaf”), thus cognate with Old Chinese 葉 (OC *hljeb, *leb) ("leaf"), Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”) and Jingpho lap (“leaf”). Compare Lhao Vo khye' and Lashi khyab' .

Pronunciation

Classifier

kʰjɛʔ⁵⁵

  1. numerical classifier for flat objects and months
    mau³¹sau³¹ tə̆.kʰjɛʔ⁵⁵
    a piece of paper

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References

  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
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