u³¹ lam⁵¹
Pela
Picture dictionary
u³¹ lam⁵¹
u³¹ kjɛʔ⁵⁵
ŭ nauʔ³¹
mjaʔ³¹ mau³⁵
mjaʔ³¹ tʃɿ³⁵
nɛ̠ʔ⁵⁵ ju⁵⁵ kʰja³¹
na̠⁵⁵
nɔ̠t⁵⁵
ɛ̃⁵⁵ tʰɔ̃⁵⁵
ŋaŋ⁵⁵
nă ʃɿ³⁵
pə̠̆ kʰju⁵⁵
mjaʔ³¹ kʰuŋ³⁵
pə̠̆.tʃɛ̠ʔ³¹
laŋ⁵⁵ taŋ⁵¹
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Etymology
From u³⁵ (“(in compounds) head”) + lam³¹ (“classifier for round things; generic classifier”). Compare Lhao Vo au꞉ lam꞉, Zaiwa ulvum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u³¹ lam⁵¹/, [u³¹ lam⁵¹ ~ u̠³¹ lam⁵¹]
Noun
u³¹ lam⁵¹ (classifier lam⁵¹)
- head (top or front of the body, where the brain is located)
Derived terms
- u³¹ lam⁵¹ na⁵⁵ (“headache; to have a headache”)
- u³¹ lam⁵¹ ɣauʔ⁵⁵ (“to have the hair shaved; to have a haircut”)
See also
- kauŋ⁵⁵ tɔ⁵¹ (“body”)
- ŭ nauʔ³¹ (“brain”)
- i³¹ mjɔt³¹ ~ i³¹ mjit³¹ (“mind”)
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)