หงาย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ (“moonlight”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Tày hai, Zhuang hai (“moon”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหงาย
h ŋ ā y
Phonemic
หฺงาย
h ̥ ŋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonngǎai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaːj˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

หงาย • (ngǎai) (abstract noun การหงาย)

  1. to supine
  2. to shine; to wax

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 335
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