ja̠p⁵⁵

Pela

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-y(i/u)p. Cognate with Burmese အိပ် (ip, “to sleep”), Jingpho yup (“to sleep”), Khroskyabs jə̂v (“to sleep”) and Nuosu ꀀ (it, “to sleep, to reside”). Compare with Lhao Vo yhab , Zaiwa yvap, and Luxi Achang ʑit⁵⁵.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja̠p⁵⁵/

Verb

ja̠p⁵⁵

Pela verb set

Base	ja̠p⁵⁵
Causative	ʃap⁵⁵

1. to sleep

   ŋa⁵⁵ tʃʰə̆. ɣɛʔ⁵⁵ mɛ̃⁵¹ ja̠p⁵⁵ ma³¹.

   I sleep at this room.

Derived terms

• ja̠p⁵⁵ maʔ⁵⁵ (“to dream”)
• ja̠p⁵⁵ mə̠i³¹ (“to fall asleep”)
• ja̠p⁵⁵ pɔn⁵¹ (“to wake up”)
• ja̠p⁵⁵ ta̠³⁵ (“to sleep; to get up from bed”)
• ja̠p⁵⁵ tʃɔ̃⁵⁵ (“bedroom”)
• ja̠p⁵⁵ ŋɔn³¹ (“to sleep soundly”)

 

See also

• pɔn³¹ (“to wake up, to come up to one's mind”)
• ʃap⁵⁵ (“to put to sleep”)

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)