เหนียว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰniəwᴬ (“sticky”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ໜຽວ (niāu), Lü ᦵᦐᧁ (ṅew), Shan ၼဵဝ် (nǎeo), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥝᥴ (léw) or ᥢᥥᥝᥴ (néw), Tai Dam ꪘꪸꪫ, Zhuang niu, Nong Zhuang no.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหนียว
e h n ī y w
Phonemic
เหฺนียว
e h ̥ n ī y w
RomanizationPaiboonnǐao
Royal Instituteniao
(standard) IPA(key)/nia̯w˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

เหนียว • (nǐao) (abstract noun ความเหนียว)

  1. tough; strong
  2. sticky; gluey; glutinous
  3. stingy; cheap

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 345
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