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ပြာ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Various senses, all grouped together by MED:
  • For the "blue" and "dim" senses, not given etymology by STEDT (pjɑ²² "blue"). Luce gives Old Chinese 翡 (OC *bɯls, “kingfisher; jadeite”) as a potential cognate.[1] This is semantically reasonable, though seems to rely on an older reconstruction of the Chinese as "b'ywar". Also compare with 白 (OC *braːɡ, “white”), since its Old Chinese homophone, 魄 (OC *tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ), is cognate with archaic Burmese ပြာ (pra, “soul”).
  • For the "toss up rice grains" sense, not given etymology by STEDT (pra "toss up in basket, as rice, in order to clean it"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. It doesn't seem related to the other senses, despite MED.
  • For the "ash" sense, STEDT derives the Burmese from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pla (“ashes”), whence also Western Kayah [script needed] (phe¹¹, “ashes, fireplace”). Perhaps the Tibeto-Burman root is ultimately related to the "blue" sense.”
ပြာ (pra)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ပြာ • (pra)

  1. blue
  2. (of vision) dim
  3. (of a voice) hoarse, husky

Verb

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ပြာ • (pra)

  1. to toss up rice grains in a tray to separate chaff, brokens, wizened grains, etc.

Noun

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ပြာ • (pra)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (64. Blue)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 4

Further reading

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