ᥘᥩᥭ
Tai Nüa edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tai *C̥.doːjᴬ (“mountain”). Cognate with Thai ดอย (dɔɔi), Lao ດອຍ (dǭi), Northern Thai ᨯᩬ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨯᩭ, Lü ᦡᦾ (ḋoay), Shan လွႆ (lǎui), Ahom 𑜓𑜨𑜩 (doy) or 𑜓𑜨𑜩𑜐𑜫 (doyñ), Zhuang ndoi.
Noun edit
ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Thai ดอย (dɔɔi, “to tie as in ดอยศพ 'to tie a corpse'”), Isan ดอย, Lao ດອຍ (dǭi, “to stretch out a corpse with the head to the west”), Shan လွႆ (lǎui, “to prepare a dead body for burial”)
Verb edit
ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
- (transitive) to bury
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
ᥘᥩᥭ (loay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥩᥭ)
- (Of fire, intransitive) to weaken, to abate
- (intransitive) to stop
References edit
- Luo, Y. (1999). A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China. The Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Pacific Linguistics.