ica-bala

Salar

Etymology

From Salar ica (“mother”) + bala (“child”).

Pronunciation

• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /iʝɑwɑlɑ/

Noun

ica-bala (3rd person possessive ica-balası, plural ica-balalar)

1. mother and child

   Synonym: ama-bala

References

• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ica-bala”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 117
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ica-bala”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 13