ᨠᩱ᩵

Khün

Pronunciation

• (Kengtung) IPA^(key): /kaj˨˨/

Noun

ᨠᩱ᩵ (transliteration needed)

1. chicken

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก.

Pronunciation

• (Chiang Mai) IPA^(key): /kaj˨˩/

Noun

ᨠᩱ᩵ • (kai) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)

1. chicken