ม่าย

Southern Thai

Etymology

Compare Thai ไหม (mǎi).

Particle

ม่าย (transliteration needed)

  1. used at the end of yes-no question

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicม่าย
m ˋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonmâai
Royal Institutemai
(standard) IPA(key)/maːj˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːjꟲ (“widowed”).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ໝ້າຍ (māi), Lü ᦖᦻᧉ (ṁaay²), Shan မၢႆႈ (māai), Ahom 𑜉𑜩 (may).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang maiq.

Alternative forms

Adjective

ม่าย • (mâai)

  1. widowed.

Noun

ม่าย • (mâai)

  1. widow; widower.
Descendants
  • → Khmer: ម៉ាយ (maay)
  • → Mon: ကၟာဲ (kmāy)

Etymology 2

Related to บ่าย (bàai).

Verb

ม่าย • (mâai)

  1. (poetic) to overlook.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 337
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