nɛ̠̃⁵⁵

See also: nɛ̃⁵⁵, nɛ̠̃³⁵, ŋɛ̠̃⁵⁵, and ŋɛ̃³⁵

Pela

FWOTD – 21 October 2024

nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ (kauʔ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“ear/spike of grain”). Cognate with Burmese အနှံ (a.hnam, “ear of grain”), possibly Tibetan སྙེ་མ (snye ma, “ear of grain”), Chinese 稔 (OC *njɯːm, “to ripen; harvest”), Nuosu ꍯꅪ (che hni, “ear of rice”), Nusu n̥a³³, Youle Jino a⁴⁴ nɛ⁴⁴ (“ear of grain”),  Western Lalu ˀny⁵⁵ (“ear of grain”), Hani alnaol (“ear of grain”), Tangut 𘌇 (*niọ², “ear of grain”), Horpa sȵo (“ear of grain”), Japhug kɯ-ɕnom (“ear of grain”), Tshobdun kə-ʃnəmʔ  (“ear of grain”) and Western Tamang १रास (“ear of grain”). Compare Lhao Vo a nhae (“ear of grain”), Zaiwa anvam (“ear of grain”) and Longchuan Achang tɕɔ⁵⁵ n̥am⁵⁵ (“ear of grain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛ̠̃⁵⁵/

Noun

nɛ̠̃⁵⁵

1. ear of grain, spike of grain

   kauʔ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ vɛ³¹.

   The rice has eared.

Derived terms

• a³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ (“ear of grain”)
• kauʔ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ (“ear of rice”)
• nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ (“to ear, to be in ear”)

See also

• kauʔ³¹ (“paddy”)
• ʃɿ³⁵ (“fruit”)
• tsui³⁵ (“bud; to bud”)

References

• Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
• Guillaume Jacques, Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute (2014; Brill, Leiden)
• 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)