ᥑᥣᥭᥰ
Tai Nüa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”). Cognate with Thai ควาย (kwaai), Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຄວາຍ (khuāi), Lü ᦩᦻ (xwaay), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪥ, Shan ၵႂၢႆး (kwáai), Ahom 𑜁𑜨𑜩 (khoy) or 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Zhuang vaiz, Saek ว๊าย.
Noun
ᥑᥣᥭᥰ (xäay) (old orthography ᥑᥣᥭ̈)
- water buffalo
Verb
ᥑᥣᥭᥰ (xäay) (old orthography ᥑᥣᥭ̈)
- to spit out
References
- Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 220