sɛ³⁵

See also: sɛ̃³⁵, sɛʔ⁵⁵, and ʃɛʔ⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s (“know”). Cognate with Burmese သိ (si., “know”), Tibetan ཤེས་པ (shes pa, “know”), Nuosu ꌧ (syp, “know”), Western Lalu sa̠²¹, Nusu su̱⁵³, Lisu ꓢꓷꓸ (sɤ́), Hani hev, Naxi see, Tangut 𗓂 (*sjɨ²), Japhug sɯz, Situ ʃi and Tedim Chin thei. Compare Yunnan Lhao Vo sɛ⁵⁵, Zaiwa se, Longchuan Achang sa³⁵ and Hpon ʃì’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ³⁵/

Verb

sɛ³⁵

1. know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)

   tam³¹sa³⁵ tʰɔ⁵⁵ tʃɔ̃⁵⁵ sɛ³¹ nɛ̃⁵⁵ tøʔ³¹ a³⁵.

   It is necessary to know (the lineage of the family) when the priest chants.

   ă u³¹ ʒɛ⁵¹ a³¹ sɛ³⁵ la̠m³¹, a³¹kʰu⁵⁵ sɛ³⁵ la̠m³⁵ vɛ³¹.

   We did not know each other then, now we do.

Derived terms

• ma̠³⁵ sɛ³¹ (“to learn to acquire”)
• pju⁵⁵ sɛ³¹ (“acquaintance”)
• sɛ³⁵ la̠m³¹ (“to know each other”)
• sɛ³⁵ ta̠³¹ (“remember”)

 

See also

• pɛ³¹ (“can, be able to”)
• pɔn³¹ (“to remember, to feel”)
• ta̠³⁵ mə̠i³¹ (“to forget”)

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)