pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From pʰauŋ³⁵ ("elephant grass; prefix of cane-like plants") + tʃʰu⁵⁵ ("sweet"). Compare Lhao Vo phaung: cug, Zaiwa pungchui and Ngochang phoengh chau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵

  1. sugar cane

See also

  • tʰə̆.tʃʰu⁵⁵ ("sugar", lit. "sweetsalt") (calque of Jingpho jumdwi)
  • tʰaŋ³¹ ("sugar") (from Chinese (táng))

References

  • Anton Lustig, A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2010; Brill, Leiden)
  • 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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