pə̆.la⁵⁵

Etymology
Unknown; according to Kong Zhien, an explanation of its etymology is shared among some seniors, claiming the tribe name was from a legend that their ancestor was once raised by the family which his mother remarried (i.e. came to the new family following his mother), thus from pə³¹- ("do sth in place of someone, do sth together with someone") + la⁵⁵ ("come (to a higher place)"). Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) Pela/Bela, an ethnicity of the group Kachin, living in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China and Northeastern Myanmar.