หญ้า

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰɲaːꟲ¹ (grass), from Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (grass). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa²), Tai Dam ꪐ꫁ꪱ, Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe), ယႃႈ (yāa), Tai Nüa ᥕᥫᥲ (yòe), ᥕᥣᥲ (yàa), Phake ယႃ (), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Tày nhả, Bouyei nyal, Zhuang nywj, Nong Zhuang nyaj, Zuojiang Zhuang yaj.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหญ้า
h ɲ ˆ ā
Phonemic
ย่า
y ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonyâa
Royal Instituteya
(standard) IPA(key)/jaː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesย่า

Noun

หญ้า • (yâa) (classifier ต้น)

  1. grass.