งิ้ว

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋiːwᶜ⁴ (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ, Khün ᨦᩦ᩠᩶ᩅ, Isan งิ้ว, Lao ງີ້ວ (ngīu), Lü ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw²) or ᦓᦲᧁᧉ (niiw²), Shan ၼိဝ်ႉ (nḭ̂o), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥝᥳ (li̇w) or ᥢᥤᥝᥳ (ni̇w), Phake ꩫိဝ် (niw).

• เงี้ยว (ngíao)

งิ้ว • (ngíu)

1. (botany) red cotton tree: the plant Bombax ceiba of the family Bombacaceae (now Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).

From Taishanese 優 / 优 (yiu¹, “actor”).

งิ้ว • (ngíu)

1. Chinese opera.

Uses the following classifiers, depending on form:

• เรื่อง (rʉ̂ʉang) for a performance
• คณะ (ká-ná) for a band of performers
• โรง (roong) for a performance venue

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