ᥘᥣᥭᥰ
Appearance
Tai Nüa
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Southwestern Tai *laːjᴬ⁴ (“marked; variegated; striped”). Cognate with Thai ลาย (laai), Lao ລາຍ (lāi), Lü ᦟᦻ (laay), Tai Dam ꪩꪱꪥ, Shan လၢႆး (láai), Phake လႝ (lay), Ahom 𑜎𑜩 (lay).
Noun
[edit]ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
Synonyms
[edit]- (book): ᥘᥤᥐ (lik)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
Etymology 3
[edit]Cognate with Ahom 𑜃𑜩 (nay), Shan ၼၢႆး (náai), Zhuang nae (“snow”), Bouyei nail.
Noun
[edit]ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). Compare Thai ยาย (yaai), Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai).
Noun
[edit]ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
References
[edit]- Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 58