ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵

See also: kauʔ³¹, kau³¹, and kʰau³⁵

Pela

sak⁵⁵ ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵

ʃă ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ s/r-kwak (“outer covering; bark; rind; skin”). Cognate with Burmese အခေါက် (a.hkauk, “bark, shell”), Tibetan སྐོགས (skogs, “bark, shell, cover”), ཀོག་པ (kog pa, “covering”), Chinese 殼 (OC *kʰroːɡ), Nuosu ꇷ (gur) ~ ꁱꇷ (bbur gur, “shell; bark”), Nusu kʰu̠⁵³ ɣɹi³³ (“skin”), Lisu ꓗꓴꓹ (kǔ, “bark”), Hani alhov (“peel, bark”), Naxi gvl (“shell, peel”), Japhug tɤ-rqʰu (“shell, bark”), Situ ʃə-ʂkʰo (“bark”), Limbu ᤜᤰ (hôk, “bark, skin”) and Galo a kuk (“bark”). Compare Lhao Vo akaug’ (“bark”), Zaiwa gvuq (“bark, skin”), Mangshi Achang a³¹ kʰok⁵⁵ (“shell”) and Hpon ăkhwé (“bark”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵/

Noun

ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵

1. (in compounds) bark; peel; skin

Derived terms

• a³¹ ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“bark, skin, shell”)
• nɔ̠t⁵⁵ ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“lips”, literally “mouth skin”)
• sak⁵⁵ ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“tree bark”)
• ʃă ka̠u̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“skin”)

See also

• ʃa³⁵ (“meat; flesh”)
• ʃă ɣu⁵¹ (“bone”)

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)