pam⁵⁵

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Pela

pam⁵⁵

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Burmese ပုံ (pum, “pile, to pile up”), possibly Tibetan ཕུང་པོ (phung po, “pile”), Nuosu ꁧ (bbo, “mountain, pile”), Nusu bɔ³³ (“pile”), Lisu ꓑꓱꓺ (pø̱, “heap, pile”), Naxi ba (“pile”), possibly Japhug rmbɯ (“to pile up”), possibly Tangut 𗪽 (*bur¹, “to gather”), Northern Pumi bu⁵⁵ (“pile”), Jingpho bum (“mountain, to pile up”), Proto-Karen *plomᴮ (“to pile up”), Chepang पोम्‍ह्‌सा (pomh sa, “to pile up”), Manipuri ꯄꯥꯝ (paam, “hilly terrain”) and Bokar pum (“to pile up”). Compare Lhao Vo bam, Zaiwa bum, Lashi boem and Longchuan Achang pum⁵⁵.

Pronunciation

Noun

pam⁵⁵ (Classifier pam⁵⁵)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. pile

Derived terms

Classifier

pam⁵⁵

  1. numeral classifier for mountains and objects organised in piles
    mø⁵⁵ʃa⁵⁵ tă.pam⁵⁵
    a pile of sand

References

  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
  • Guillaume Jacques, Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute (2014; Brill, Leiden)
  • 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)
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