Tai Nüa edit

Etymology edit

From Chinese (MC hjwang). Compare Zhuang vuengz, Vietnamese vương. Possibly related to Old Khmer vāṅ, vaṅ (modern Khmer វាំង (vĕəng), “royal palace), Khmer ហ្លួង (luəng, king), Burmese မင်း (mang:), Proto-Northern Naga *waŋ (chief).

Noun edit

ᥝᥩᥒᥳ (wȯang) (1963 orthography ᥝᥩᥒ̇)

  1. king, ruler
  2. prince

References edit