ꪙ꫁ꪮꪥ

Tai Dam

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *noːjꟲ (“small”). Cognate with Thai น้อย (nɔ́ɔi), Lao ນ້ອຍ (nǭi), Northern Thai ᨶᩬ᩠᩶ᨿ, Lü ᦓᦾᧉ (noay²), Tai Dón ꪙꪮꪥꫂ, Shan ၼွႆႉ (nâ̰ui), Zhuang noix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔj˧˩ˀ]
• Hyphenation: ꪙ꫁ꪮꪥ
• Rhymes: -ɔj

Adjective

ꪙ꫁ꪮꪥ (ꞌnọi)

1. small, little
2. few

Derived terms

• ꪮ꪿ꪮꪙꪙ꫁ꪮꪥ

References

• Baccam, D., Baccam F., Baccam H., & Fippinger, D. (1989). Tai Dam-English, English-Tai Dam vocabulary book. Summer Institute of Linguistics.