mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹
Pela
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mi³¹ (“female; woman; wife”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“girl; female; feminine suffix”)) + ɣɛ³¹ with uncertain meaning. Compare Lhao Vo myiqe:, Zaiwa myiwe and Luxi Achang mjiʔ³¹ ʑɛ⁵¹ (“wife”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹
- woman
- (figuratively) wife
- ŋai³⁵ mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹
- my wife
Derived terms
[edit]- mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ nɔ³⁵ (“young girl”)
- mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ pui⁵⁵ nam⁵⁵ (“girlfriend”)
- mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ ta³¹ (“daughter”)
See also
[edit]- jauʔ³¹ kai⁵⁵ (“male”)
References
[edit]- 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)