ຫຍ້າ

Lao

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˧˩]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˥˥˨]
• Hyphenation: ຫຍ້າ
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ຫຍ້າ • (nyā)

1. grass
2. weed