na̠k⁵⁵

See also: -na̠k⁵⁵

Pela

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na̠k⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-niŋ (“brain, heart, mind”). Cognate with Burmese heart, Tibetan སྙིང (snying, “heart”), Old Chinese 仁 (*njin), Manipuri ꯄꯨꯛꯅꯤꯡ (pukning, “heart; mind”), Tangut 𗤶 (*nji̱j¹, “heart; mind”) and Japhug tɯsni (“heart; mind”). Compare Lhao Vo nhag' lam: and Zaiwa nviklvum.

Noun

na̠k⁵⁵

  1. (only in compounds) heart
  2. (only in compounds) mind
Usage notes

For "heart" (the organ of body) the compound na̠k⁵⁵ lam³¹ is used. The native na̠k⁵⁵ can refer to both the heart (the organ of body) and mind/character. However, when referring to the latter usage, the Jinghpo loanword mjɔt³¹ (<myit (“mind; think”)) is more frequently used in idioms.

Derived terms
  • na̠k⁵⁵ ja⁵¹ nau⁵⁵ ("get angry")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ ja⁵⁵ ("swear; blame")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ lam³¹ ("heart")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ mjɔn³¹ ("sympathise; pity")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ naʔ⁵⁵ pju⁵⁵ ("enemy")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ ("leader")
  • na̠k⁵⁵ tʃam⁵¹ ja⁵¹ ("get angry")
See also
  • mjɔt³¹ ("mind")

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ː)ŋ ~ s-nik (“year”). Cognate with Burmese နှစ် (hnac, “year”), Old Chinese 年 (*niːŋ), Tshangla ȵiŋ¹³ (“year”), Jingpho shaning (“year”). Compare Lhao Vo a nag' (“last year”), Zaiwa anvik (“last year”) and Hpon naiʔ (“year”).

Noun

na̠k⁵⁵

  1. (only in compounds) year
Usage notes

This form is inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan, while in Pela (actually, the whole Maruic languages[1]) there is a new form tɛ̃⁵⁵ for the meaning of "year", which can be also used alone. Cf. Lhao Vo zae, Zaiwa zan and Lashi zan'.

Derived terms
  • a³¹na̠k⁵⁵ ("last year")
  • pa⁵⁵ na̠k⁵⁵ ("the year after next")
  • sɔ̃⁵⁵ na̠k⁵⁵ ("next year")
  • xə̆.na̠k⁵⁵ ("the year before last")
See also
  • tɛ̃⁵⁵ ("year")

References
  1. Nishi Yoshio. 1999. Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Four papers on Burmese. Tokyo: ILCAA.
  • Dai Qingxia, Jiang Ying, Kong Zhien, A Study of Pela Language (2007; Publishing House of Minority Nationalities, Beijing)
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