ᨠᩱ᩵

Khün

Pronunciation

(Kengtung) IPA^(key): /kaj˨˨/

Noun

ᨠᩱ᩵ (transliteration needed)

chicken

Northern Thai

Alternative forms

ไก่

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton က︀ႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᨠᩱ᩵
Phonemic		ไก่ ai k ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gài
	Royal Institute	kai
(Chiang Mai) IPA^(key)		/kaj˨˩/
(Chiang Rai) IPA^(key)		/kaj˩˩/

Noun

ᨠᩱ᩵ • (kai) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)

chicken
- 2005, สงบ เดชะวงศ์ [Sa-ngop Dechawong], คู่มือการเรียยหนังสือตัวเมือง แบบง่าย [Handbook for Learning Tua Mueang (Made Easy)] (overall work in Thai), published 2005, page 29:
  ᨠᩱ᩵ᨡ᩠ᨿᩮ᩵ᨯᩥ᩠ᨶᨻᩮᩬᩨ᩵ᩋᨪᩬᩴᩡᨠᩦ᩠ᨶᩋᩣᩉᩣ᩠ᩁ
  A chicken opens the ground up so as to find food to eat.