gyaeuj

Zhuang

Etymology

Li (1977) reconstructed Proto-Tai *kləuꟲ¹ (“head; knot of hair on the top of the head”).^[1]

Thereafter, Pittayaporn (2009) reconstructed the Proto-Tai forms as *klawꟲ (“hair knot”) and *krawꟲ (“head”) (gyaeuj, Thai เกล้า (glâao), Lao ເກົ້າ (kao), Tai Nüa ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw) are descendants of *klawꟲ (“hair knot”)),^[2] but it seems to vacillate whether to distinguish between the two forms.^[3]

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *qulu (“head”).^[4]

Pan (2000) considered Old Chinese 首 (*qhljǔʔ, “head”) as a cognate word with Kra-Dai such as gyaeuj etc. and Tibeto-Burman such as Tibetan མགོ (mgo, “head”) etc.^[5]

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kʲau˥/
Tone numbers: gyaeu³
Hyphenation: gyaeuj

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Noun

gyaeuj (Sawndip forms 𬼣 [6] or 𱄋 [6] or 𮚷 [6] or 位 [6] or 馗 [6] or 𮛓 [6] or 玖 [6] or 久 [6] or ⿰豆久 [6] or ⿰豆九 [6] or ⿰首久 [6] or ⿰首九 [6] or 九 [6] or 邱 [6] or 㪷 [6] or 苟 [6] or ⿰苟头 [6] or ⿰豆头 [6] or 𭇚 [6] or 𮩠 [6] or 𮩢 [6] or 𭑎 [6] or 柳 [6], 1957–1982 spelling gyəuз)

head (body part)
Synonym: (dialectal) hu (Zuojiang Zhuang: Longzhou (龙州);^[7] Ningming (宁明)^[7])
headhair
end (of a long object); top (of a tall object)
end; destination
beginning or end of an event
aspect; thing
edge; end; periphery
remnant; scrap
flake (of grain)

Derived terms

Classifier

gyaeuj (Sawndip form same as noun^[6], 1957–1982 spelling gyəuз)

Classifier for people.

References

^ Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, pages 220, 221, 222, 290
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323
^ Pittayaporn (2009) (ibid.) page 362 says: The reflexes of this etymon in NT dialects point to PT *-r. It is generally thought to be the same etymon as 'hair knot' found only in CT and SWT with *-l-. The Siamese form generally refers to 'hair knot' but means 'head' in the expression /puətᴰᴸ¹ siənᴬ¹ wiənᴬ² klaːwꟲ¹/ 'to have a headache, to be confused'.
^ Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 111, 122, 124
^ 潘悟云 [Pan, Wuyun] (2000) 汉语历史音韵学 [Chinese Historical Phonology] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House (上海教育出版社), page 340
↑ ^6.00 ^6.01 ^6.02 ^6.03 ^6.04 ^6.05 ^6.06 ^6.07 ^6.08 ^6.09 ^6.10 ^6.11 ^6.12 ^6.13 ^6.14 ^6.15 ^6.16 ^6.17 ^6.18 ^6.19 ^6.20 ^6.21 ^6.22 ^6.23 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 张均如 [Zhang, Junru] et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 639

[1] Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, pages 220, 221, 222, 290

[2] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323

[3] Pittayaporn (2009) (ibid.) page 362 says: The reflexes of this etymon in NT dialects point to PT *-r. It is generally thought to be the same etymon as 'hair knot' found only in CT and SWT with *-l-. The Siamese form generally refers to 'hair knot' but means 'head' in the expression /puətᴰᴸ¹ siənᴬ¹ wiənᴬ² klaːwꟲ¹/ 'to have a headache, to be confused'.

[4] Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 111, 122, 124

[5] 潘悟云 [Pan, Wuyun] (2000) 汉语历史音韵学 [Chinese Historical Phonology] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House (上海教育出版社), page 340

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[b-7] 7.0 ^7.1 张均如 [Zhang, Junru] et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 639

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