u³⁵

See also: u̠⁵⁵

Pela

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u³⁵/, [u³⁵ ~ u̠³⁵]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese. Cognate with Burmese ဦး (u:, “head; first”), Nuosu ꀑ (o, “(literary) head”), Nusu u³¹ phu⁵⁵ (“head”), Lisu ꓪꓴꓸ ꓓꓵꓺ (wú dy̱, “head”) and Hani wuqduq (“head”). Compare Lhao Vo au꞉ (“head”), Zaiwa u (“head”), Lashi vhu” loem, Mangshi Achang u⁵⁵ nɔŋ⁵⁵ and Xiandao Achang u³¹ kɔŋ³¹.

According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s (“head; center; senior male relative; uncle”), thus cognate with Tibetan དབུས (dbus, “middle, center; Ü-Tsang”).

However, an alternative root, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), seems also plausible; the cognacy between one of its descendant forms, Tangut 𗥦 (*ɣu¹, “head”), and the Proto-Lolo-Burmese etymon has been advocated. If so, cognate with Tibetan མགོ (mgo, “head; top”) ~ མགོན (mgon, “lord; protector”), Chinese 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs, “chief; monarch; queen”) ~ 元 (*ŋon, “basis; chief; origin”), Naxi gv liu (“head”), Horpa ʁə (“head”), Japhug tɯ-ku (“head”), Situ ta-koʔ (“head”), Chak a hú (“head”), Manipuri ꯃꯀꯣꯛ (makok, “head”) and Rawang vgo (“head”).

Noun

u³⁵

1. (chiefly in compounds) head
2. (in compounds) leader; chief

Usage notes

u³⁵ is barely used alone, yet most compound words related to head are derived from it, including u³¹ lam⁵¹, the common word for head.

Derived terms

• u³¹ kja̠ʔ⁵⁵ (“to comb the hair”)
• u³¹ kjɛʔ⁵⁵ (“skull”)
• u³¹ lam⁵¹ (“head”)
• u³¹ na⁵⁵ (“headache; to have a headache”)
• u³¹ tsʰɛ̃⁵⁵ (“hair (of head)”)
• u³¹ ɣauʔ⁵⁵ (“to get the hair shaved; to have a haircut”)
• ŭ kɔŋ³¹ (“bald”)
• ŭ kɔ̠t⁵⁵ (“chief”)
• ŭ kʰu³¹ (“pillow”)
• ŭ la̠k⁵⁵ (“to turn round”)
• ŭ nauʔ³¹ (“brain”)
• ŭ tu̠i̠³¹ (“string for binding the hair”)
• ŭ tʰap⁵⁵ (“turban”)
• ŭ ŋɔ̠n³¹ ~ ŭ ŋɔ̠n³¹ ŋɔ̠n³⁵ (“nod; to nod one's head”)

 

See also

• kauŋ⁵⁵ (“(chiefly in compounds) body”)
• ɣu³¹ (“(in compounds) bone”)

Etymology 2

Compare Lhao Vo au꞉ (“moment”) and Zaiwa u (“moment”).

Noun

u³⁵

1. moment; (a period of) time

   ŋă na̠u̠ŋ⁵⁵ ŋai⁵⁵ ʃɿ⁵⁵ ăi u³¹

   at the time when we were still young

Derived terms

• kʰə̆.u³¹ (“when”)

 

See also

• a³¹ jaʔ³¹ (“period; season”)
• a³¹ kʰjiŋ³⁵ (“time; free time (borrowed from Jingpho)”)

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)