ᥑᥣᥭᥰ

Tai Nüa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”). Cognate with Thai ควาย (kwaai), Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຄວາຍ (khuāi), Lü ᦩᦻ (xwaay), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪥ, Shan ၵႂၢႆး (kwáai), Ahom 𑜁𑜨𑜩 (khoy) or 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Zhuang vaiz, Saek ว๊าย.

Noun

ᥑᥣᥭᥰ (xäay) (1963 orthography ᥑᥣᥭ̈)

1. water buffalo

Etymology 2

Verb

ᥑᥣᥭᥰ (xäay) (1963 orthography ᥑᥣᥭ̈)

1. to spit out

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 220