Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/wɤjᴬ

This Proto-Tai entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tai

Etymology

Within Kra-Dai; compare Sui vil (“fire”) and Southern Kam buil (“fire”). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy (“fire”).

Noun

*wɤjᴬ

fire.

Descendants

Tai
- Northern Tai
  - Saek: วี๊
  - Bouyei: fix
  - Zhuang: feiz
- Southwestern Tai
  - Thai: ไฟ (fai)
  - Northern Thai: ᨼᩱ
  - Lao: ໄຟ (fai)
  - Lü: ᦺᦝ (fay)
  - Tai Dam: ꪼꪡ
  - Shan: ၽႆး (pháy) or ၾႆး (fáy)
  - Tai Nüa: ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy)