ᥛᥣᥱ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːᴮ (“shoulder”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩵ᩤ, Lao ບ່າ (bā), Shan မႃႇ (màa) or ဝႃႇ (wàa), Thai บ่า (bàa), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (bā), Zhuang mbaq. Compare Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː˩˩/

Noun

ᥛᥣᥱ (mǎa) (1963 orthography ᥛᥣ̌)

1. shoulder

References

• Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 84