tsɛ̃⁵⁵

See also: tsɛ̠̃⁵⁵

Pela

FWOTD – 15 February 2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɛ̃⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-dzam (“bridge”). Cognate with Tibetan ཟམ་པ (zam pa, “bridge”), Nuosu ꋒ (zzi, “bridge”), Nusu gu⁵⁵ dza³³ (“bridge”), Lisu ꓖꓳꓽ ꓙꓱꓻ (gò dʒø, “bridge, ladder”), Hani zol (“bridge, ladder”), Naxi zzoq (“bridge”), Tangut 𗋻 (*dzow¹, “bridge”), Japhug ndzom (“bridge”), Horpa dzo (“bridge”), Northern Pumi dzã³⁵ (“bridge”) and Drung dzɑ̆m⁵⁵ (“bridge”). Compare Lhao Vo zae, Zaiwa zam, Lashi zam, Longchuan Achang tɕam⁵⁵ and Luxi Achang tsam³¹.

Noun

tsɛ̃⁵⁵ (Classifier tsɛ̃⁵⁵)

1. bridge (over a river)

Derived terms

• lauʔ³¹ tsɛ̃⁵⁵ (“stonebridge”)
• tsɛ̃⁵⁵ ku³¹ (“to cross a bridge”)
• tsɛ̃⁵⁵ lai³¹ (“to cross a bridge”)
• tsɛ̃⁵⁵ u³¹ (“bridgehead”)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare Lhao Vo zin and Zaiwa zan.

Noun

tsɛ̃⁵⁵

1. roundworm

Etymology 3

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Possibly cognate with Japhug ndzar (“to get drained”). Compare Zaiwa zan.

Verb

tsɛ̃⁵⁵

Pela verb set

Base	tsɛ̃⁵⁵
Causative	tsɛ̠̃⁵⁵

1. to get drained

   ɣəi⁵⁵ tsɛ̃⁵⁵ tʃɔ̃⁵⁵ ɛ³¹, pauŋ³¹ kʰjauŋ³⁵ mɛ̃⁵¹ kai³¹ kɛ̠ʔ⁵⁵ vɛ³⁵.

   (When making light liquor from rice) If all the water has drained off, (then the rice) can be put onto the steamer.

Derived terms

• ɣəi⁵⁵ tsɛ̃⁵⁵ (“to get drained”)

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)