pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵

Pela

pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵

Etymology

From pʰauŋ³⁵ ("elephant grass; prefix of cane-like plants") + tʃʰu⁵⁵ ("sweet"). Compare Lhao Vo phaung: cug, Zaiwa pungchui and Ngochang phoengh chau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

pʰauŋ³¹ tʃʰu⁵⁵

1. sugar cane

See also

• tʰə̆.tʃʰu⁵⁵ ("sugar", lit. "sweetsalt") (calque of Jingpho jumdwi)
• tʰaŋ³¹ ("sugar") (from Chinese 糖 (táng))

References

• Anton Lustig, A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2010; Brill, Leiden)
• 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)