ᥞᥭᥴ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *krajᴬ (“jug”). Cognate with Thai ไห (hǎi, “jug; steamer”), Lao ໄຫ (hai), Lü ᦺᦠ (ḣay, “jug; steamer”), Shan ႁႆ (hǎi, “steamer”), Saek ไห่, Zuojiang Zhuang haej.

Noun

ᥞᥭᥴ (háy) (1963 orthography ᥞᥭ́)

1. jar, jug, steamer

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 20