tsʰɛn³⁵

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    Cardinal: tsʰɛn³⁵

Etymology

From Chinese (qiān, thousand), possibly via Southwestern Mandarin. It seems that this loanword replaced the native term derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-toŋ (thousand), which most Burmish languages still have, as in Burmese ထောင် (htaung, thousand), and outside Burmish, for instance, Tibetan སྟོང (stong, thousand).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tsʰɛn³⁵/

Numeral

tsʰɛn³⁵

  1. thousand

Usage notes

Like in English, Chinese and Burmese, tsʰɛn³⁵ needs to be modified with a cardinal numeral. Thus, for "one thousand", tə̆.tsʰɛn³⁵ ("tə̆" is a reduced form of ta³¹("one")) should be used.

See also

References

  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)