หวาย

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̥.waːjᴬ; cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຫວາຍ (wāi), Shan ဝၢႆ (wǎai), Ahom 𑜈𑜩 (bay). Compare Proto-Austronesian *quay (whence Amis 'oway, Paiwan quay, Tagalog uway, Eastern Cham ꨨꨥꨬ (havei)).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหวาย
h w ā y
Phonemic
หฺวาย
h ̥ w ā y
RomanizationPaiboonwǎai
Royal Institutewai
(standard) IPA(key)/waːj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หวาย (wǎai)

  1. rattan.