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Tai Nüa
Etymology
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meng leng, “caterpillar”).[1] Cognate with Thai แมลง (má-lɛɛng, “insect”), Thai แมง (mɛɛng, “arachnid”), Zhuang nengz.
Noun
ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (mäeng) (1963 orthography ᥛᥦᥒ̈)
- insect
References
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.