copcun

Hlai

FWOTD – 29 June 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai (Central Hlai) *tɕʰomʔ (“rainbow”) + *tʃʰun (“rainbow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰop˥.t͡sʰun˥˧/

Noun

copcun

1. rainbow

References

• 中国社会科学院民族研究所 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Ethnic Groups), editor (1992), 黎汉词典 (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC
• 文明英 (Mingying Wen), 文京 (Jing Wen) (2006) 黎语基础教程 (in Chinese), Beijing: Minzu University of China Press, →ISBN, →OCLC