ta̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ta⁵¹

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Pela

ta̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ta⁵¹ mi³¹ɣɛ³¹ nɔ³⁵ (Kachin girl)

Etymology

From ta̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ (“dry field”) +‎ ta³¹ (“child, tribe member”). Compare Zaiwa Dungzo and Lhao Vo taung zo꞉.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ta⁵¹/

Noun

ta̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ta⁵¹

Kachin, a.k.a Jingpho people, living in Southwestern China, Northeastern Myanmar and Northeastern India, which the Pela people consider themselves belonging to.

Usage notes

This term is used to refer to the whole ethnic group of Kachin/Jinghpo, corresponding to Jingpho Wunpong/Wunpawng. The Jingpho tribe in the narrow sense is called pʰauk⁵⁵ va⁵⁵ in Pela.

See also

(Tribes of Kachin):

pə̆.la⁵⁵ (“Pela people”)
lə̆.tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“Lachi people”)
lɔ̠̃⁵⁵ va⁵⁵ (“Lhao Vo people”)
pʰauk⁵⁵ va⁵⁵ (“Jingpho tribe”)
ti³¹ ta³¹ (“Jingpho people; (specifically) Zaiwa people”)
ti³¹ va⁵⁵ (“Jingpho people; (specifically) Zaiwa people”)

(Non-Kachin ethnic groups):

xɛ⁵⁵ va⁵⁵ (“Han Chinese”)
sɛ̃³¹ va⁵⁵ (“Tai people; Shan people”)
mjɛn³¹ (“Burmese”)

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)

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