ᥘᥩᥢᥴ

Tai Nüa

Alternative forms

• ᥢᥩᥢᥴ (nóan)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰnɔːnᴬ¹ (“worm”), from Proto-Tai *ʰnoːlᴬ (“worm”). Cognate with Thai หนอน (nɔ̌ɔn), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩬᩁ, Lao ໜອນ (nǭn), Tai Dam ꪘꪮꪙ, Tai Dón ꪘꪮꪙ, Shan ၼွၼ် (nǎun), Tai Laing ꩫွꩼꩫ်, Phake ꩫွꩫ် (non), Ahom *𑜃𑜨𑜃𑜫 (*non), Bouyei noonl, Zhuang non, Nong Zhuang noan.

Noun

ᥘᥩᥢᥴ (lóan) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥢ́)

1. maggot

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 77