ᥘᥩᥢᥴ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnoːlᴬ (“worm”). Cognate with หนอน (nɔ̌ɔn), Lao ໜອນ (nǭn), Shan ၼွၼ် (nǎun), Tai Dam ꪘꪮꪙ, Bouyei noonl, Zhuang non, Nong Zhuang noan.

Noun

ᥘᥩᥢᥴ (lóan) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥢ́)

1. maggot

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 77