tʃʰɿ³⁵

See also: tʃʰɿ⁵⁵

Pela

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰz̩³⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsəj (“medicine; juice; paint”). Cognate with Burmese ဆေး (hce:, “medicine, paint, tobacco”), Nuosu ꋌ (cy) (as in ꁬꋌ (bbut cy, “medicine”)), Tangut 𗿧 (*tsə̣¹, “medicine”), Jingpho tsi (“medicine”). Compare Lhao Vo cid', Zaiwa chi and Hpon kăʃì(ʔ) (“medicine; tobacco”).

Noun

tʃʰɿ³⁵

  1. drug, medicine
  2. tobacco
Derived terms
  • mi³¹ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“gunpowder”)
  • mĭ.tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“medicine, drug”)
  • tʃʰɿ³¹ pa̠uʔ⁵⁵ (“to smoke”)
  • tʃʰɿ³¹ ʒuŋ⁵⁵ (“hospital”, calque of Jingpho)
  • tʃʰɿ³⁵ sɿ̆.ʒa³⁵ (“doctor”)

See also

  • sɛ⁵⁵lik⁵⁵ (“tobacco”, from Burmese)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəj (“wash”). Cognate with Burmese ဆေး (hce:, “wash; clean”), Nuosu ꋌ (cy, “wash”), Ersu tshɛ³³ (“wash”), and possibly Old Chinese 洗 (OC *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ). Compare Lhao Vo cid', Zaiwa chi and Hpon ʃè (“wash”).

Verb

tʃʰɿ³⁵

  1. to wash
Derived terms
  • kauŋ⁵⁵ tʃʰɿ³¹ (“to wash oneself; to bathe”, literally “to wash body”)
  • kʰɔʔ⁵⁵ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“to wash the dishes”)
  • mjaʔ³¹ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“to wash the face”, literally “to wash the eyes”)

See also

  • jauŋ³⁵ (“beautiful; clean”)
  • lu̠³⁵ (“dirty”)

References

  • 戴庆厦 [Dai, Qingxia]; 蒋颖 [Jiang, Ying]; 孔志恩 [Kong, Zhi'en] (2007), 波拉语研究 [A Study of Pela Language] (in Chinese), Beijing: Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, →ISBN, →OCLC
  • 芒市景颇族发展进步研究学会 [Mangshi Jinghpo ethnicity Association of Development and Progress Studies], 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
  • 黄布凡 [Huang, Bufan], compiler (December 1992), 藏缅语族语言词汇 [A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon] (in Chinese), Beijing: Central Institute of Minorities, →ISBN, →OCLC
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