ง่าย

See also: งาย

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːjᴮ⁴ (“easy”), from Proto-Tai *ŋaːjᴮ (“easy”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ງ່າຍ (ngāi), Lü ᦇᦻᧈ (ngaay¹), Shan ငၢႆႈ (ngāai), Tai Dam ꪉ꪿ꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪉꪱꪥꫀ, Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥭ (ngaay), Phake ငႝ (ṅay), Ahom 𑜂𑜩 (ṅay), Zhuang ngaih (dialectal), Saek หง้าย.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicง่าย
ŋ ˋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonngâai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaːj˥˩/(R)

Adjective

ง่าย • (ngâai) (abstract noun ความง่าย)

  1. easy, simple.

Descendants

  • → Khmer: ងាយ (ngiəy)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 346
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