la⁵⁵

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Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-y ~ ra (to come). Cognate with Burmese လာ (la, to come), Old Chinese (OC *m·rɯːɡ), Nuosu (la, to come), Hani lal (la⁵⁵, to come) and Tangut 𗆐 (*ljịj², to come). Compare Lhao Vo lo, Zaiwa lo and Luxi Achang la³¹.

Pronunciation

Verb

la⁵⁵

  1. to come (upward , homeward or distal)
    jɔ̃³¹ la⁵⁵ vɛ³¹
    He has come back (as a family member).
    tʃʰə̆.mja̠³¹ jauŋ⁵⁵ ɛ³¹ pɛ̃³¹ pɔ³⁵ nɔ̃⁵⁵ kʰə̆. mɛ̃⁵⁵ ju³¹ la³⁵ ɛ³¹
    Such a beautiful flower, where did you bring it from?
  2. (auxiliary) marking the commencement of a change of state
    mau³¹ ɣɔ⁵⁵ la³¹ a³⁵
    It's going to rain.

See also

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)
  • Mangshi Jinghpo ethnicity Association of Development and Progress Studies(芒市景颇族发展进步研究学会)(ed.), Han-Zaiwa-Pela Dictionary (汉文载瓦文波拉语对译词典) (2018; Dehong Nationalities Publishing House, Mangshi)

Tsat

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq. Compare Acehnese lidah, dilah, Javanese dilah, Malay lidah, Indonesian lidah and Tagalog dila.

Noun

la⁵⁵

  1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

References

  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 288