เมื่อย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mɯəjᴮ (“stiff and tired”).[1]

Cognate with Isan เมื่อย, Lao ເມື່ອຍ (mư̄ai), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥ᩠᩵ᨿ or ᨾᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨿ, Khün ᨾᩮᩨ᩠᩵ᨿ, Lü ᦵᦙᧀᧈ (moey¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪣ꪿ꪥ, Tai Dón ꪝꪷꪥꫀ, Shan မူၺ်ႈ (mōi), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜩 (moy), Zhuang maix (dialectal), Zuojiang Zhuang mweih.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเมื่อย
e m ụ̄ ˋ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonmʉ̂ai
Royal Institutemueai
(standard) IPA(key)/mɯa̯j˥˩/(R)

Verb

เมื่อย • (mʉ̂ai) (abstract noun การเมื่อย)

  1. to feel stiff; to have an ache.

Adjective

เมื่อย • (mʉ̂ai) (abstract noun ความเมื่อย)

  1. fatigued; tired

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 346
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