mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹

Pela

Etymology

From mi³¹ (“female; woman; wife”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“girl; female; feminine suffix”)) + ɣɛ³¹ with uncertain meaning. Compare Lhao Vo myiqe:, Zaiwa myiwe and Luxi Achang mjiʔ³¹ ʑɛ⁵¹ (“wife”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /m(j)i³¹ ɣɛ³¹/

Noun

mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹

  1. woman
  2. (figuratively) wife
    ŋai³⁵ mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹
    my wife

Derived terms
  • mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ nɔ³⁵ (“young girl”)
  • mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ pui⁵⁵ nam⁵⁵ (“girlfriend”)
  • mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ ta³¹ (“daughter”)

See also
  • jauʔ³¹ kai⁵⁵ (“male”)

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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