ja⁵⁵

See also: jaʔ³¹

Pela

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Cardinal: ja⁵⁵

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ja⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja (“hundred”). Cognate with Burmese ရာ (ra) (Old Burmese ရျာ (ryā)), Tibetan བརྒྱ (brgya, “hundred”), Old Chinese 百 (*praːɡ), Tangut 𘊝 (*ꞏjir², “hundred”), Horpa rjə, Nuosu ꉐ (hxa) and Jingpho latsa. Compare Lhao Vo yo, Zaiwa sho and Hpon yáʔ.

Numeral

ja⁵⁵

1. hundred

Usage notes

Like in English, Chinese and Burmese, ja⁵⁵ needs to be modified with a cardinal numeral. Thus, for "one hundred", tə̆.ja⁵⁵ ("tə̆" is a reduced form of ta³¹("one")) should be used.

Derived terms

• tə̆.ja³¹ jaŋ³¹ ŋa³¹ ("105")
• tə̆.ja³¹ ŋa³¹ tʰai⁵⁵ ("150")

 

See also

• tʰai⁵⁵ ("ten")
• tsʰɛn³⁵ ("thousand")
• van³⁵ ("ten thousand, myriad")

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ya, thus cognate with Burmese လယ်ယာ (laiya, “land for cultivation”) and Jingpho yi (“dry field”). However, Nishi(2017) has pointed out that the Burmese term had been spelled ရျာ (rya) in Old Burmese, therefore may be reconstructed a *ry- rather than *y- as initial. Compare Hpon jáʔ, Zaiwa yo, Lhao Vo yo thaung and Longchuan Achang ʑɔ⁵⁵.

Noun

ja⁵⁵

1. field, land (in compounds)

Usage notes

This word has /j-/ as initial consonant. Its reduced form is /jĭ-/.

Derived terms

• jĭ.tʰauŋ³⁵ ("paddy field")
• pam⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("mountainous area")
• sak⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("forest")
• ta̠uŋ⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("dry field")

 

Etymology 3

Either borrowed from Tai Nüa ᥕᥣ (yaa, “cure”) or Shan ယႃ (yǎa, “cure, medicine”), ultimately from Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Compare Lhao Vo ya and Zaiwa ya.

Verb

ja⁵⁵

1. cure

References

• Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)