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pela^¹

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From informal romanization of Chinese 白蠟 /白蜡 (báilà).

noun

uncountable Synonym of Chinese wax. Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.
Similar: Chinese wax

Pela^²

proper noun

A Burmish language spoken in western Yunnan, China.

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@misc{pela_2026,
  title = {pela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}