ja⁵⁵

See also: jaʔ³¹

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    Cardinal: ja⁵⁵

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ja⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja (“hundred”). Cognate with Burmese ရာ (ra) (Old Burmese ရျာ (ryā)), Tibetan བརྒྱ (brgya, “hundred”), Old Chinese 百 (*praːɡ), Tangut 𘊝 (*ꞏjir², “hundred”), Horpa rjə, Nuosu ꉐ (hxa) and Jingpho latsa. Compare Lhao Vo yo, Zaiwa sho and Hpon yáʔ.

Numeral

ja⁵⁵

  1. hundred
Usage notes

Like in English, Chinese and Burmese, ja⁵⁵ needs to be modified with a cardinal numeral. Thus, for "one hundred", tə̆.ja⁵⁵ ("tə̆" is a reduced form of ta³¹("one")) should be used.

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ya, thus cognate with Burmese လယ်ယာ (laiya, “land for cultivation”) and Jingpho yi (“dry field”). However, Nishi(2017)[1] has pointed out that the Burmese term had been spelled ရျာ (rya) in Old Burmese, therefore may be reconstructed a *ry- rather than *y- as initial. Compare Hpon jáʔ, Zaiwa yo, Lhao Vo yo thaung and Longchuan Achang ʑɔ⁵⁵.

Noun

ja⁵⁵

  1. field, land (in compounds)
Usage notes

This word has /j-/ as initial consonant. Its reduced form is /jĭ-/.

Derived terms
  • jĭ.tʰauŋ³⁵ ("paddy field")
  • pam⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("mountainous area")
  • sak⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("forest")
  • ta̠uŋ⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("dry field")

Etymology 3

Either borrowed from Tai Nüa ᥕᥣ (yaa, “cure”) or Shan ယႃ (yǎa, “cure, medicine”), ultimately from Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Compare Lhao Vo ya and Zaiwa ya.

Verb

ja⁵⁵

  1. cure

References
  1. Nishi Yoshio. 2017. Old Burmese ry- – A remark on Proto-Lolo-Burmese resonant initials. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. Vol. 10.2 (2017): i-x (translated via Nathan W. Hill)
  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
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