ŋa⁵⁵
Caijia
Etymology
Compare Old Chinese 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje), Burmese ငယ် (ngai, “little, young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ŋa⁵⁵]
Noun
ŋa⁵⁵
- child
- tsʰɛ²¹niɔ³³ ŋa⁵⁵sui⁵⁵ tsɔ²¹ ɔ²¹sɿ⁵⁵ ɣã²¹ fɛ⁵⁵ka³³ nɛ⁵⁵, ŋo³³ kʰɪŋ³³kɛ²¹a³³po²¹ la³³ tsɿ²¹tv̩ ³³.
- As long as the children can succeed, it will be worth getting into debt.
References
- Lü, Shanshan (2022) A Reference Grammar of Caijia: An Unclassified Language of Guizhou (Sinitic languages of China: Typological descriptions), volume I, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 147
Pela
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa. Cognate with Burmese ငါ (nga), Old Chinese 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː), Tibetan ང (nga, “I”) and Nuosu ꉢ (nga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋa⁵⁵/
Pronoun
ŋa⁵⁵
See also
| nominative | genitive1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | ŋa⁵⁵ | ŋai³⁵ | |
| 2nd person | nɔ̃⁵⁵ | nɔ̃³⁵ | ||
| 3rd person | jɔ̃³¹ | jɔ̃⁵⁵ | ||
| dual | 1st person | inclusive | njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠k⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵ | |
| exclusive | ŋă.na̠k⁵⁵, ŋă.nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, ŋă.tɔ̠̃⁵⁵ | |||
| 2nd person | nauŋ³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, nauŋ³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵ | |||
| 3rd person | jɔ̃³¹ nɛ̠̃⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ tɔ̠̃⁵⁵ | |||
| plural | 1st person | inclusive | njɔ̠̃³⁵, njɔ̠̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ | |
| exclusive | ŋă.maʔ⁵⁵, ŋă.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ | |||
| 2nd person | nauŋ³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, nə̆.na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ | |||
| 3rd person | jɔ̃³¹ maʔ⁵⁵, jɔ̃³¹ na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ | |||
1 The genitive particle na̠³¹ is often optionally added after genitive singular pronouns and nominative dual or plural pronouns.
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)