อ้อย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔoːjꟲ (sugar cane).[1]

Cognate with Isan อ้อย, Lao ອ້ອຍ (ʼǭi), Northern Thai ᩋᩬ᩠᩶ᨿ, Khün ᩋᩭ᩶, ᦀᦾᧉ (˙ʼoay²), Tai Dam ꪮ꫁ꪮꪥ, Tai Dón ꪮꪮꪥꫂ, Shan ဢွႆႈ (ʼāui), Bouyei oix, Zhuang oij.

Compare Sui uic (sugar cane).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอ้อย
ɒ ˆ ɒ y
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
อ็้อย
ɒ ˘ ˆ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonɔ̂i
Royal Instituteoi
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔɔj˥˩/(R)

Noun

อ้อย • (ɔ̂i)

  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 331