tʃʰɿ³⁵

See also: tʃʰɿ⁵⁵

Pela

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃʰz̩³⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsəj (“medicine; juice; paint”). Cognate with Burmese ဆေး (hce:, “medicine, paint, tobacco”), Sichuan Yi ꋌ (cy) (as in ꁬꋌ (bbut cy, “medicine”)), Tangut 𗿧 (*tsə̣¹, “medicine”), Jingpho tsi (“medicine”). Compare Lhao Vo cid', Zaiwa chi and Hpon kăʃì(ʔ) (“medicine; tobacco”).

Noun

tʃʰɿ³⁵

  1. drug, medicine
  2. tobacco
Derived terms
  • mi³¹ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“gunpowder”)
  • mĭ.tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“medicine, drug”)
  • tʃʰɿ³¹ pa̠uʔ⁵⁵ (“to smoke”)
  • tʃʰɿ³¹ ʒuŋ⁵⁵ (“hospital (calque from Jingpho)”)
  • tʃʰɿ³⁵ sɿ̆.ʒa³⁵ (“doctor”)

See also
  • sɛ⁵⁵lik⁵⁵ ("tobacco") (from Burmese)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəj (“wash”). Cognate with Burmese ဆေး (hce:, “wash; clean”), Sichuan Yi ꋌ (cy, “wash”), Ersu tshɛ³³ (“wash”), and possibly Old Chinese 洗 (OC *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ). Compare Lhao Vo cid', Zaiwa chi and Hpon ʃè (“wash”).

Verb

tʃʰɿ³⁵

  1. to wash
Derived terms
  • kauŋ⁵⁵ tʃʰɿ³¹ (“to wash oneself; to bathe (lit. “to wash body”)”)
  • kʰɔʔ⁵⁵ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“to wash the dishes”)
  • mjaʔ³¹ tʃʰɿ³⁵ (“to wash the face (lit. “to wash the eyes”)”)

See also
  • jauŋ³⁵ ("beautiful; clean")
  • lu̠³⁵ ("dirty")

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)
  • 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)
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