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Pela
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /u³⁵/,
Etymology 1
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese. Cognate with Burmese ဦး (u:, “head; first”), Nuosu ꀑ (o, “head”, literary), Nusu u³¹ phu⁵⁵ (“head”), Lisu ꓪꓴꓸ ꓓꓵꓺ (wú dy̱, “head”) and Hani wuqduq (“head”). Compare Lhao Vo au꞉ (“head”), Zaiwa u (“head”), Lashi vhu” loem, Mangshi Achang u⁵⁵ nɔŋ⁵⁵ and Xiandao Achang u³¹ kɔŋ³¹.
According to STEDT,[1] from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s (“head; center; senior male relative; uncle”), thus cognate with Tibetan དབུས (dbus, “middle, center; Ü-Tsang”).
However, an alternative root, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), seems also plausible; the cognacy between one of its descendant forms, Tangut 𗥦 (*ɣu¹, “head”), and the Proto-Lolo-Burmese etymon has been advocated.[2] If so, cognate with Tibetan མགོ (mgo, “head; top”) ~ མགོན (mgon, “lord; protector”), Chinese 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs, “chief; monarch; queen”) ~ 元 (*ŋon, “basis; chief; origin”), Naxi gv liu (“head”), Horpa ʁə (“head”), Japhug tɯ-ku (“head”), Situ ta-koʔ (“head”), Chak a hú (“head”), Manipuri ꯃꯀꯣꯛ (makok, “head”) and Rawang vgo (“head”).
Noun
u³⁵
- (chiefly in compounds) head
- (in compounds) leader; chief
Usage notes
u³⁵ is barely used alone, yet most compound words related to head are derived from it, including u³¹ lam⁵¹, the common word for head.
Derived terms
See also
- kauŋ⁵⁵ (“(chiefly in compounds) body”)
- ɣu³¹ (“(in compounds) bone”)
Etymology 2
Compare Lhao Vo au꞉ (“moment”) and Zaiwa u (“moment”).
Noun
u³⁵
- moment; (a period of) time
ŋă na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ŋai⁵⁵ ʃɿ⁵⁵ ăi u³¹- at the time when we were still young
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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)