la⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-y ~ ra (“to come”). Cognate with Burmese လာ (la, “to come”), Old Chinese 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ), Nuosu ꇁ (la, “to come”), Hani lal (la⁵⁵, “to come”) and Tangut 𗆐 (*ljịj², “to come”). Compare Lhao Vo lo, Zaiwa lo and Luxi Achang la³¹.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la⁵⁵/

Verb

la⁵⁵

1. to come (upward , homeward or distal)

   jɔ̃³¹ la⁵⁵ vɛ³¹

   He has come back (as a family member).

   tʃʰə̆.mja̠³¹ jauŋ⁵⁵ ɛ³¹ pɛ̃³¹ pɔ³⁵ nɔ̃⁵⁵ kʰə̆. mɛ̃⁵⁵ ju³¹ la³⁵ ɛ³¹

   Such a beautiful flower, where did you bring it from?

2. (auxiliary) marking the commencement of a change of state

   mau³¹ ɣɔ⁵⁵ la³¹ a³⁵

   It's going to rain.

Pela motion verbs

Pela motion verbs

	distal / upward	proximal / level or downward
cislocative	la⁵⁵	lai³⁵
translocative	la³⁵	ai⁵⁵, ji³¹-

Notes

See also

• ai⁵⁵ (“to go (downward or proximal)”)
• la³⁵ (“to go (upward or distal)”)
• lai³⁵ (“to come (level or proximal)”)
• pə̆.la⁵⁵ (“Pela people”)
• tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ (“to exit”)
• vɔ̃⁵⁵ (“to enter”)

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)

Tsat

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq. Compare Acehnese lidah, dilah, Javanese dilah, Malay lidah, Indonesian lidah and Tagalog dila.

Noun

la⁵⁵

1. (anatomy) tongue (organ)

References

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 288