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Pela
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“stay, rest”). Cognate with Burmese နား (na:). Possibly also related with Old Chinese 西 (OC *sɯːl) ("west") and Tibetan མནལ་བ (mnal ba, “sleep (honorific)”) (Hill(2019)). Compare Lhao Vo no: and Zaiwa no.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /na³¹/
Verb
na³¹
- rest
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)