ᥘᥩᥭ
Tai Nüa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Tai *C̥.doːjᴬ (“mountain”). Cognate with Thai ดอย (dɔɔi), Lao ດອຍ (dǭi), Northern Thai ᨯᩬ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨯᩭ, Lü ᦡᦾ (ḋoay), Shan လွႆ (lǎui), Ahom 𑜓𑜨𑜩 (doy) or 𑜓𑜨𑜩𑜐𑜫 (doyñ), Zhuang ndoi.
Noun
[edit]ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Thai ดอย (dɔɔi, “to tie as in ดอยศพ 'to tie a corpse'”), Isan ดอย, Lao ດອຍ (dǭi, “to stretch out a corpse with the head to the west”), Shan လွႆ (lǎui, “to prepare a dead body for burial”)
Verb
[edit]ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
- (transitive) to bury
Etymology 3
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Verb
[edit]ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
- (Of fire, intransitive) to weaken, to abate
- (intransitive) to stop
References
[edit]- Luo, Y. (1999). A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China. The Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Pacific Linguistics.