xui⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s-rwəy¹ ~ *s-rwe¹ (“gold, yellow”). Cognate with Burmese ရွှေ (hrwe, “gold”) ( < Old Burmese ရှုယ် (rhuy)), Nuosu ꏂ (shy, “gold, yellow”). Compare Zaiwa hui (“yellow”) and Longchuan Achang se⁵⁵ (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xui⁵⁵/

Verb

xui⁵⁵

1. yellow

References

• 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)