vɔ̃⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“to come (out), to enter”). Cognate with Burmese ဝင် (wang, “to enter”), Tibetan འོང ('ong, “to come”), Nuosu ꃹ (vur, “to enter”), Hani ol (“to enter”), Tangut 𘃽 (*ꞏo², “to enter”), Chepang वाङ्‌सा (“to come”), and Bokar oŋ (“to enter”). Compare Lhao Vo vao, Zaiwa wang, Longchuan Achang ɔŋ⁵⁵ and Hpon vʀó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ̃⁵⁵/

Verb

vɔ̃⁵⁵

Pela verb set

Base	vɔ̃⁵⁵
Causative	fɔ̃³⁵

1. to enter, to come in
2. (sun) to set

Derived terms

• maʔ³¹ vɔ̃⁵⁵ (“(groom) to live in bride's family”)
• pui⁵⁵ vɔ̃⁵⁵ (“(sun) to set”)
• pui⁵⁵ vɔ̃⁵⁵ kʰja⁵⁵ (“west; westward”)
• tʃa̠m³¹ vɔ̃⁵⁵ (“to seep into; to permeate”)
• vɔ̃⁵⁵ tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ (“in and out”)
• vɔ̃⁵⁵ vɔ̃⁵⁵ tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ (“in and out”)

 

See also

• tʰɔʔ⁵⁵ (“to exit”)
• la³⁵ (“to go (upward or far away)”)
• la⁵⁵ (“to come (back home or upward)”)

References

• Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
• Guillaume Jacques, Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute (2014; Brill, Leiden)
• 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)