หน้าไม้

Thai

Etymology

Reflex of Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯəꟲ (“crossbow”)[1] (whence cognate with Zhuang naq (“arrow”)) + ไม้ (máai).

The etymon *ʰnwɯə is related to Proto-Austronesian *panaq (“crossbow”), Chinese 弩 (OC *naːʔ, “crossbow”), as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ; the medial *-w- perhaps suggests earlier *p.naːꟲ.[2]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai), Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหน้าไม้
h n ˆ ā ai m ˆ
Phonemic
น่า-ม้าย
n ˋ ā – m ˆ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonnâa-máai
Royal Institutena-mai
(standard) IPA(key)/naː˥˩.maːj˦˥/(R)

Noun

หน้าไม้ • (nâa-máai)

  1. crossbow.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 339
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 369
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