ɣaʔ³¹

Pela
ɣaʔ³¹ tʃa̠m⁵⁵ (fowls)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-rak (“chicken, fowl”).[1] Cognate with Burmese ကြက် (krak), with the prefix dropped. Also cognate with Nuosu ꃬ (va), Lisu ꓭꓸ (ɣɑ́), Hani aq ha, Tangut 𗡗 (*ꞏja̱r², “chicken”), Horpa ɣra, Tosu vo⁵³ and Bokar po rok. Compare Lhao Vo qo,, Zaiwa woq, Lashi gyo,, Longchuan Achang kʐuaʔ⁵⁵ and possibly Hpon chòˀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaʔ³¹/

Noun

ɣaʔ³¹ (Classifier tɔ³¹)

  1. chicken, fowl

Derived terms
  • ɣaʔ³¹ kʰji⁵⁵ saŋ³¹ (“ chicken feet”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ kʰji⁵⁵ sɛ̃³¹ (“chicken spurs”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ mjak³¹ (“chicken gizzard”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ nɔ³⁵ (“chick; young chicken”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ pøʔ³¹ (“fortune telling using a chicken's head”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ pʰa³⁵ (“rooster, male cock”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ taŋ⁵⁵ (“hen, female cock”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ tʃaʔ³¹pɛ̃³¹ (“ cockscomb”)
  • ɣaʔ³¹ ʔu̠³⁵ (“ chicken egg”)

See also
  • pai³⁵tʃɛʔ³¹ (“duck”)
  • pjɛ̠t⁵⁵ (“duck”)
  • ŋa̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“bird”)
  • ʔu̠³⁵ (“egg”)
  • ʔa̠p⁵⁵ (“to hatch (vi. of xap⁵⁵)”)
  • xap⁵⁵ (“to incubate (vt. of ʔa̠p⁵⁵)”)

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)
  1. The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
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