ᦺᦂᧈ

Lü

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton က︀ႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj˧˥/

Noun

ᦺᦂᧈ • (k̇ay¹) (Tai Tham spelling ᨠᩱ᩵ or ᨠᩱᩖ᩵)

  1. chicken

Derived terms

References

  • Hanna, William J. (2019), “ᦺᦂᧈ”, in Dai Lue - English Dictionary, SIL International
  • Yu Cuirong (喻翠容); Luo Meizhen (罗美珍) (2003), 傣仂汉词典 [Tai Lue-Chinese Dictionary], Beijing: 民族出版社, →ISBN, page 22
  • 西双版纳傣族自治州人民政府 (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture People's Government) (2002), 傣汉词典 [Dai-Chinese Dictionary], Yunnan: 云南民族出版社, →ISBN, page 29
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