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งิ้ว

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Thai

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red cotton tree
statue at Wat Phai Rong Wua depicting a group of people climbing a red cotton tree in hell

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicงิ้ว
ŋ i ˆ w
RomanizationPaiboonngíu
Royal Institutengio
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋiw˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋiːwᶜ⁴ (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ, Khün ᨦᩦ᩠᩶ᩅ, Isan งิ้ว, Lao ງີ້ວ (ngīu), ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw²) or ᦓᦲᧁᧉ (niiw²), Shan ၼိဝ်ႉ (nḭ̂o), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥝᥳ (li̇w) or ᥢᥤᥝᥳ (ni̇w), Phake ꩫိဝ် (niw).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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งิ้ว (ngíu)

  1. (botany) red cotton tree: the plant Bombax ceiba of the family Bombacaceae (now Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).

Etymology 2

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From Taishanese  / (yiu1, actor).

Noun

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งิ้ว (ngíu)

  1. Chinese opera.
Usage notes
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Uses the following classifiers, depending on form:

Synonyms
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