lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²

Tangwang

Etymology

From Mandarin 癩 / 癞 (lài, “coarse; uneven; rough”) + Dongxiang bagva (“frog”), likely influenced by Mandarin 癩蛤蟆 / 癞蛤蟆 (làiháma, “toad”).

Noun

lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²

  1. frog

References

  • Dan Xu (2020) “Exploring the Historical Layers of the Tangwang Language”, in Journal of Chinese Linguistics‎[1], volume 48, number 2, pages 297-322
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