vuuek

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *Cuɾɯːk (“bone”), from Pre-Hlai *Cu[d/ɖ]ɯːk (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *C̥.dukᴰ (“bone”) (whence Thai ดูก (dùuk) and later กระดูก (grà-dùuk)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /vɯːk˥/

Noun

vuuek

1. bone