น้ำลาย

Thai

Etymology

From น้ำ (náam, “water, liquid”) + reflex of Proto-Tai *laːjᴬ (“saliva”)[1] (whence Bouyei naaiz, Zuojiang Zhuang laiz (“saliva”) (Longzhou and Daxin dialects),[2] and possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *ŋalay (“saliva”)[3]).

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ນ້ໍາລາຍ (nam lāi)

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang myaiz, Bouyei ramxnaaiz.

Pronunciation

Orthographicน้ำลาย
n ˆ å l ā y
Phonemic
น้าม-ลาย
n ˆ ā m – l ā y
RomanizationPaiboonnáam-laai
Royal Institutenam-lai
(standard) IPA(key)/naːm˦˥.laːj˧/(R)

Noun

น้ำลาย • (náam-laai)

  1. saliva, spit.
    ถุย
    tǔi náam-laai
    to spit

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323
  2. ^ Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 648
  3. ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 122

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