tɔ³¹

Pela
kʰui³⁵ tă.tɔ³¹ (a dog)

Etymology

Borrowed from a neighbouring Tai language, either Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥝ (tow) or Shan တူဝ် (tǒ), maybe ultimately from Chinese 頭／头. Compare Lhao Vo dau: and Zaiwa du.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔ³¹/

Classifier

tɔ³¹

  1. numerical classifier for animals
    kʰui³⁵ tă.tɔ³¹
    a dog

References
  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
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