Reconstruction:Pela/ŋa³¹

This Pela entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“f‌ish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:, “f‌ish”), Tibetan ཉ (nya, “f‌ish”), Old Chinese 魚 (*ŋa), Nuosu ꉛ (hxe, “f‌ish”) and Jingpho nga. Compare Lhao Vo ngo:, Zaiwa ngozo, Longchuan Achang ŋa³¹ ʂua³¹ and Hpon tă ŋàh.

Noun

*ŋa³¹ (reduced form ŋə̆-)

1. (only in compounds) fish

Usage notes

This root always appears in its reduced form, except in a few compounds in which it serves as the latter element, as in nɔ̠ŋ⁵⁵ ŋa⁵¹ (“paddy fish, literally “pond fish””).

Derived terms

• nɔ̠ŋ⁵⁵ ŋa⁵¹ (“paddy fish”)
• ŋə̆ kjɛ̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“fish scales”)
• ŋə̆ ta³¹ (“fish”)
• ŋə̆ tu̠i³⁵ tu̠i³¹ (“to fish”)
• ŋə̆ ʃa³⁵ (“flesh of fish”)

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)