mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹

Pela

Etymology

From mi³¹ (“female; woman; wife”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“girl; female; feminine suffix”)) + ɣɛ³¹ with uncertain meaning. Compare Lhao Vo myiqe:, Zaiwa myiwe and Luxi Achang mjiʔ³¹ ʑɛ⁵¹ (“wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m(j)i³¹ ɣɛ³¹/

Noun

mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹

1. woman
2. (figuratively) wife

   ŋai³⁵ mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹

   my wife

Derived terms

• mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ nɔ³⁵ (“young girl”)
• mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ pui⁵⁵ nam⁵⁵ (“girlfriend”)
• mi³¹ ɣɛ³¹ ta³¹ (“daughter”)

 

See also

• jauʔ³¹ kai⁵⁵ (“male”)

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)