ไทใต้คง
Thai edit
Etymology edit
ไท (tai, “Tai (ethnic)”) + ใต้ (dtâai, “south”) + คง (kong, “the Hong river, AKA Salween”). Phono-semantic matching of Tai Nüa ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥲᥑᥨᥒᥰ (täytàuexöng).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | ไทใต้คง ai d au t ˆ g ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ไท-ต้าย-คง ai d – t ˆ ā y – g ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | tai-dtâai-kong |
| Royal Institute | thai-tai-khong | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰaj˧.taːj˥˩.kʰoŋ˧/(R) | |
Proper noun edit
ไทใต้คง • (tai-dtâai-kong)
- (ชาว~) Dai people, Dehong Dai, or Northern Tai, an ethnic group of Burma and surrounding areas.
- (ภาษา~) a language spoken by Dehong Dai people.
- (อักษร~) a script used to write the language.
Synonyms edit
- ไทเหนือ (tai-nʉ̌ʉa)