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From pɛ̠⁵⁵ (“what”) + tʃuŋ³¹ (“kind, sort”).
pɛ̠⁵⁵ tʃuŋ⁵¹
- (interrogative) what, what kind of
- Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)