ᦋᦻ
Lü edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ᦋᦻ • (tsaay)
Derived terms edit
- ᦈᧁᧉᦋᦻ (ṫsaw²tsaay, “prince”)
Further reading edit
- Hanna, William J. (2019) “Query for ᦋᦻ”, in Dai Lue - English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International