ไทใหญ่
Thai
Alternative forms
- (dated) ไทยใหญ่
Etymology
ไท (tai, “Tai”) + ใหญ่ (yài, “big”); possibly calque of Shan တႆးလူင် (táy lǔung, “Shan”, literally “Big Tai”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ไทใหญ่ ai d au h ɲ ˋ | |
| Phonemic | ไท-ไหฺย่ ai d – ai h ̥ y ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | tai-yài |
| Royal Institute | thai-yai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰaj˧.jaj˨˩/ | |
Proper noun
ไทใหญ่ • (tai-yài)
- Shan people or person.