lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²

Tangwang

Etymology

From Mandarin 癩 / 癞 (lài, “coarse; uneven; rough”) + Dongxiang bagva (“frog”), likely influenced by Mandarin 癩蛤蟆 / 癞蛤蟆 (làiháma, “toad”).

Noun

lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²

1. frog

References

• Dan Xu (2020) “Exploring the Historical Layers of the Tangwang Language”, in Journal of Chinese Linguistics‎^[1], volume 48, number 2, pages 297-322