缅语畜牧词汇的文化内涵初探

A Preliminary Study of Animal Words in Burmanese

缅语畜牧词汇作为缅甸语词汇中的一个类别,它自身有一个逐步发长的过程。缅语畜牧词汇的发展过程,反映出缅人对动物的实际认识过程,同时,也包含了缅甸文化从游牧文化向农耕文化转型的过程。主要从与马、象、牛、鸡等四种牲畜有关的词语在缅语词汇中的文化反映作一分析。

Livestock vocabulary words in Burmese are classified as a category, which takes a long process. The development of livestock terms in Burmanese reflects not only the actual process of people＇s understanding of animals, but also Myanmar cultural transformation from the nomadic culture to the farming culture. This paper focuses on cultural meaning of some words related to horses, elephants, cattle and ehickens