ᥚᥥᥖᥱ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰetᴰˢ¹ (“hot; peppery; pungent”). Cognate with Thai เผ็ด (pèt), Northern Thai ᨹᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lao ເຜັດ (phet), Lü ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed), Tai Dam ꪹꪠꪸꪒ, Shan ၽဵတ်း (pháet), Phake ၸိတ် (phit), Ahom 𑜇𑜢𑜄𑜫 (phit).

Verb

ᥚᥥᥖᥱ (phět) (1963 orthography ᥚᥥᥖ̌)

1. to be spicy, hot, to sting

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 133