ᦇᦹᧃ

Lü

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋɯənᴬ⁴ (“silver”), from Old Chinese 銀 (OC *ŋrɯn), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Thai เงิน (ngən), Lao ເງິນ (ngœn), Northern Thai ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ, Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪷꪙ, Shan ငိုၼ်း (ngúen), Phake ငိုꩫ် (ṅün), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (ṅün), Zhuang ngaenz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋɯn˥˩/

Noun

ᦇᦹᧃ • (nguen)

1. silver
2. money

Derived terms

• ᦀᦻᧉᦈᦻᧈᦇᦹᧃ (˙ʼaay²ṫsaay¹nguen)
• ᦂᦱᧃᧉᦵᦃᧈᦇᦹᧃ (k̇aan²ẋe¹nguen)
• ᦂᦱᧃᧉᦇᦹᧃ (k̇aan²nguen)
• ᦂᦱᧃᧉᦵᦌᦲᧁᧈᦇᦹᧃ (k̇aan²soew¹nguen)
• ᦂᦱᧃᧉᦚᦱᧅᦇᦹᧃ (k̇aan²ḟaaknguen)
• ᦂᦱᧃᧉᦣᧇᦇᦹᧃ (k̇aan²habnguen)
• ᦂᦲᧃᦇᦹᧃ (k̇iinnguen)
• ᦂᧇᦇᦹᧃ (k̇abnguen)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦃᦸᧃᧈ (nguenẋoan¹)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦆᧄ (nguenxam)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦈᦱᧂᧉ (nguenṫsaang²)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦶᦕᧁᧈ (nguenṗhaew¹)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦵᦙᧆ (nguenmed)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦺᦢ (nguenḃay)
• ᦇᦹᧃᦣᧂ (nguenhang)
• ᦋᦱᧂᧈᦇᦹᧃ (tsaang¹nguen)
• ᦵᦍᦇᦹᧃ (yenguen)
• ᦏᦳᧂᦇᦹᧃ (ṫhungnguen)

 

Further reading

• Hanna, William J. (2019) “Query for ᦇᦹᧃ”, in Dai Lue - English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International