haex

Zhuang

In Northern Tai, cognate with Saek ไกฺ.

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ขี้ (kîi), Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī).

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *Caqi (“excrement”).^[2]

Also possibly cognate with Chinese 屎 (shǐ, “excrement”); Modern Thai ขี้ (kîi) was considered cognate with Middle Chinese 屎 (MC śi) by Manomaivibool (1975)^[3] and Old Chinese 屎 (OC qhji') by Gong (2002).^[4]

Bauer (1996) pointed out that khV ("excrement") is quite widespread in Cantonese 𡲢 (ke¹, “poop”), Tai (e.g. Thai ขี้ (kîi)) and Tibeto-Burman (e.g. Zaiwa kʰji²¹, Burmese ချေး (hkye:, “shit”) and Lashi kʰjei⁵⁵).^[5]

Compare Sui ggeex, Proto-Kra *kaiꟲ, and Proto-Hlai *ɦaːjʔ (whence haːj³ in most modern lects).

haex (Sawndip forms 𡱍 [6] or 𭧺 [6] or ⿰未許 [6] or 𣴃 [6] or ⿰米意 [6] or ⿰米亥 [6] or ⿰屎易 [6] or 𡱏 [6], 1957–1982 spelling həiч)

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 325
^ 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
^ Manomaivibool, Prapin (1975) A Study of Sino-Thai Lexical Correspondences (PhD dissertation), Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, pages 194, 207, 317
^ 龚群虎 [Gong, Qunhu] (2002) 汉泰关系词的时间层次 [A Study of Chronological Strata of Sino-Thai Corresponding Lexical Items] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Fudan University Press (复旦大学出版社), pages 91, 176, 210
^ Bauer, Robert S. (1996) "Identifying the Tai substratum in Cantonese" In Pan-Asiatic Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Languages and Linguistics, January 8-10, 1996, Thailand: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, page 1824
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 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