ໜາ
Lao
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editFrom Proto-Tai *ʰnaːᴬ (“thick”). Cognate with Thai หนา (nǎa), Lü ᦐᦱ (ṅaa), Shan ၼႃ (nǎa), Ahom 𑜃𑜡 (nā), Bouyei nal, Zhuang na. Compare Sui qnal, Southern Kam nal, Proto-Hlai *C-naː (> naː¹~naː⁴~naː³ across the different lects).