ᦋᦻ

Lü

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saːj˥˩/

Noun

ᦋᦻ • (tsaay)

1. man

Derived terms

• ᦈᧁᧉᦋᦻ (ṫsaw²tsaay, “prince”)

Further reading

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