เนื้อ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *n.mɤːꟲ (“meat; flesh”).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ (nɯa⁶), Lao ເນື້ອ (nư̄a) or ເນຶ້ອ (nưa), Khün ᨶᩮᩨ᩶ᩬ, Lü ᦵᦓᦲᧉ (noe²), Tai Dam ꪹꪙ꫁ (ꞌnựa), Shan ၼိူဝ်ႉ (nô̰e), Tai Nüa ᥘᥫᥳ (lȯe), Ahom 𑜃𑜢𑜤𑜰𑜫 (nü0).

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang nwx.[2]

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang noh, Bouyei noh, Saek หมร้อ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเนื้อ
e n ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonnʉ́ʉa
Royal Institutenuea
(standard) IPA(key)/nɯa̯˦˥/(R)
Audio

Noun

เนื้อ • (nʉ́ʉa)

  1. flesh.
  2. meat.
    ไม่กิน  ―  mâi gin nʉ́ʉa  ―  (I) don't eat meat.
  3. (colloquial) beef.
  4. essence.
  5. subject matter.
  6. (figurative) capital; fund; money.
  7. (of certain substances, as gold, silver, etc.) quality.
  8. (music) lyrics.
  9. (zoology) deer.
  10. (colloquial) cannabis; marijuana.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 325
  2. ^ Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 693
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