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Pela
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Possibly cognate with Burmese ထွေ (htwe, “(archaic)to say; pronouncement made by an august person (from Old Burmese ထုယ် (htuy))”), Tangut 𘊴 (*thu¹, “to say, to speak”); Cognate with Northern Nisu tsʰo³³ tʰɯ²¹ (“voice”), Axi i³³ tʰɯ³³ (“voice”), Hani ddoqteil (“voice, sound”) and Youle Jino ɑ³³tʰə⁴⁴ (“voice, sound”). Compare Lhao Vo thoe, Zaiwa te, Lashi thui: and Longchuan Achang ŋ̊eŋ³⁵ the⁵⁵.
Noun
tʰø⁵⁵
- voice, sound (sound made by the mouth or by any instrument)
2016, “Yvamsak wung [/ja̠m⁵⁵ sak⁵⁵ vɔ̃⁵⁵/]”, performed by Kong Huiying[1]:Wunbvong kilvong toi ja mu- vun³¹.pɔ̠ŋ⁵⁵ kʰə̆.lɔ̠̃³⁵ tʰø⁵⁵ kja³¹ mu³¹
- Once we hear the sound of traditional Jingpho flute
Usage notes
tʰø⁵⁵ usually refers to sounds made by human utterances or instruments. For sounds of objects, mjaŋ⁵⁵ is used.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-daj ~ m-di (“that; this”).
Cognate with Burmese ထို (htui, “that”) (from Old Burmese ထိဝ် (htiw) ~ ထိုဝ် (htuiw)), Nuosu ꀊꄶ (a ddit, “that”) (possibly also ꄚ (tit, “here”)), Lisu ꓕꓱꓻ (tʰø, “this”), Dazhai Hani tyul (“that”), Naxi tee (“that”), Horpa ə thə (“that (yonder)”) and Northern Qiang thɛː (“that”). Compare Lhao Vo thoe, Lashi thu꞉ and Longchuan Achang tʰe⁵⁵.
Determiner
tʰø⁵⁵ (reduced form tʰə̆-)
- that over there, yon (roughly on the same elevation as the speaker)
- tʰø⁵⁵ məi⁵¹ ― that place
Pronoun
tʰø⁵⁵ (reduced form tʰə̆-)
- that over there, yon (roughly on the same elevation as the speaker)
- tʰø⁵⁵ a³¹ pɛ̠⁵⁵ tʃuŋ⁵¹ ― What is that?
Usage notes
In Pela, distal demonstrative elements are sensitive to the relative elevation. tʰø⁵⁵ is used for any object located at roughly the same elevation as the speaker. To refer to higher or lower objects, xu⁵⁵ and ma̠⁵⁵ are used respectively.
References
- Mangshi Jinghpo ethnicity Association of Development and Progress Studies (芒市景颇族发展进步研究学会), editor (2018), 汉文载瓦文波拉语对译词典 [Han-Zaiwa-Pela Dictionary] (in Chinese), Mangshi: Dehong Nationalities Publishing House.
- Dai, Qingxia, Jiang, Ying, Kong, Zhien (2007) 波拉语研究 [A Study of Pela Language] (in Chinese), Beijing: Publishing House of Minority Nationalities.
- ^ The lyrics were spelt in an unofficial Zaiwa-style orthography. Due to the phonological difference between the two languages, the pronunciation was not always recorded correctly.