ŋa⁵⁵

See also: ŋa³¹ and ŋa̠³⁵

Caijia

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje), Burmese ငယ် (ngai, “little, young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋa⁵⁵]

Noun

ŋa⁵⁵

1. child

   tsʰɛ²¹niɔ³³ ŋa⁵⁵­sui⁵⁵ tsɔ²¹ ɔ²¹sɿ⁵⁵ ɣã²¹ fɛ⁵⁵ka³³ nɛ⁵⁵, ŋo³³ kʰɪŋ³³kɛ²¹a³³po²¹ la³³ tsɿ²¹­tv̩ ³³.

   As long as the children can succeed, it will be worth getting into debt.

References

• Lü, Shanshan (2022) A Reference Grammar of Caijia: An Unclassified Language of Guizhou (Sinitic languages of China: Typological descriptions), volume I, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 147

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Burmese ငါ (nga), Old Chinese 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː), Tibetan ང (nga, “I”) and Nuosu ꉢ (nga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋa⁵⁵/

Pronoun

ŋa⁵⁵

1. I, me

See also

Pela personal pronouns

			Nominative	Genitive1
Singular	1st person		ŋa⁵⁵	ŋai³⁵
	2nd person		nɔ̃⁵⁵	nɔ̃³⁵
	3rd person		jɔ̃³¹	jɔ̃⁵⁵
Dual	1st person	inclusive	njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠k⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
		exclusive	ŋă.na̠k⁵⁵, ŋă.nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, ŋă.tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
	2nd person		nauŋ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, nauŋ³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
	3rd person		jɔ̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵
Plural	1st person	inclusive	njɔ̠̃³⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
		exclusive	ŋă.maʔ⁵⁵, ŋă.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
	2nd person		nauŋ³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, nə̆.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵
	3rd person		jɔ̃³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵

¹ The genetive particle na̠³¹ is often optionally added after genetive singular pronouns and nominative dual or plural pronouns.

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)