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Tai Nüa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *laːjᴬ⁴ (“marked; variegated; striped”). Cognate with Thai ลาย (laai), Lao ລາຍ (lāi), Lü ᦟᦻ (laay), Tai Dam ꪩꪱꪥ, Shan လၢႆး (láai), Phake လႝ (lay), Ahom 𑜎𑜩 (lay).
Noun
ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
- book.
- text.
- letter (symbol).
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
- saliva
Etymology 3
Cognate with Ahom 𑜃𑜩 (nay), Shan ၼၢႆး (náai), Zhuang nae (“snow”), Bouyei nail.
Noun
ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
- dew
Etymology 4
From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). Compare Thai ยาย (yaai), Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai).
Noun
ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay) (1963 orthography ᥘᥣᥭ̈)
- maternal grandmother
References
- Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 58