ꪐ꫁ꪱ

Tai Dam

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (“grass”). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), Lü ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa²), Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe) or ယႃႈ (yāa), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā) or 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Bouyei nyal, Zhuang nywj.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɲaː˨˩ˀ]
  • Hyphenation: ꪐ꫁ꪱ
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ꪐ꫁ꪱ (nhả)

  1. grass

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