kʰui³⁵

Pela
kʰui³⁵ tă.tɔ³¹ (a dog)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”). Cognate with Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:, “dog”) (from Old Burmese ခုယ် (hkuy, “dog”)), Old Chinese 犬 (*kʰʷeːnʔ, “dog”), Tibetan ཁྱི (khyi, “dog”), Nuosu ꈌ (ke, “dog”), Lisu ꓘꓶꓽ (kʰɯ̀, “(archaic)dog”), Naxi kee (“dog”), Tangut 𗘂 (*khjwɨ¹, “dog”), Japhug kʰɯna (“dog”), Horpa kə ta (“dog”), Jingpho gwi (“dog”), Mizo ǔi (“dog”), Manipuri ꯍꯨꯢ (hooi, “dog”) and Bokar i kiː (“dog”). Compare Lhao Vo kha: ~ lakha: (“dog”), Zaiwa kui, Lashi lakhuid”, Longchuan Achang xui³¹ and Hpon tă kʰwìʼ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰui³⁵/

Noun

kʰui³⁵ (Classifier tɔ³¹)

  1. dog

Derived terms
  • kʰui³¹ la⁵¹ (“male dog”)
  • kʰui³⁵ ka̠³¹ (“mad dog”)
  • kʰui³⁵ mi̠³¹ (“female dog”)
  • kʰui³⁵ taŋ⁵⁵ (“female dog”)
  • lă.kʰui³⁵ (“dog”)
  • lă̠.kʰui³¹ ta⁵¹ (“lunar eclipse (lit. “dog's eating the moon”)”)
  • mjaŋ⁵⁵ kʰui³¹ (“wolf”)
  • tɔ̃⁵⁵ kʰui³¹ (“pangolin”)
  • tɛ̃³⁵ kʰui³¹ (“dhole”)
  • ʃă.kʰɛʔ⁵⁵ kʰui³¹ (“hunting dog (lit. “meat-chasing dog”)”)

See also
  • pɛ̃³¹ (“to bite”)
  • ɣɛʔ³¹ (“to bark”)

References
  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
  • Guillaume Jacques, Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute (2014; Brill, Leiden)
  • 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)
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