kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵

See also: kə̆.mja̠³⁵ mja̠³⁵

Pela

Etymology

From kʰə̆- (“which; interrogative prefix”) +‎ mja̠³⁵ (“(in compounds) quantity denoting particle”); mja̠³⁵ is possibly cognate with Burmese မျှ (hmya.). Compare Lhao Vo kʰə̆.mjɔ̠⁵⁵, Zaiwa ka myvo and Luxi Achang xai³⁵ ȵa⁵¹.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵/

Determiner

kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵

1. how many, how much

   nɔ̃⁵⁵ kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ tɛ̃⁵⁵ vɛ³¹?

   How old are you? (lit. How many years are you?)

   tʃʰɛ⁵⁵ a³¹ tsaŋ³⁵ ŋø⁵⁵ kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵?

   How much is this item? (lit. How much money is this item?)

Derived terms

• kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ kʰjiŋ³¹ (“how many hours; what time”)
• kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ tɛ̃⁵⁵ (“how old; how many years”)

Noun

kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵

1. how many, how much
2. how much (money)

   tʃʰɛ⁵⁵ a³¹ tsaŋ³⁵ kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵?

   How much is this item?

Adverb

kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵

1. (used in questions enquiring degree) how; how much
2. (no matter) how ...
   • 2007, Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (波拉语研究), page 262:

     kʰăk⁵⁵^/³¹mja̠³⁵ jauŋ³⁵ kə̆⁵⁵la̠ŋ³⁵^/³¹ a⁵⁵^/³¹

     [kʰə̆.mja̠³⁵ jauŋ³⁵ kə̠̆ laŋ³¹ a³¹]

     No matter how beautiful (others' mothers are)

See also

• mja³¹ (“many; much”)
• mja̠³⁵ (“(in compounds) quantity denoting particle”)
• tʃʰə̆ mja̠³⁵ (“this much”)

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)