เหนื่อย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnɯəjᴮ (“tired; exhausted”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩮᩬᩥ᩠᩵ᨿ (“to have a slight fever”), Lao ເໜື່ອຍ (nư̄ai), Tai Dam ꪹꪘ꪿ꪥ, Tai Dón ꪘꪷꪥꫀ, Phake ꩫုၺ် (nuñ), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜐𑜫 (nuñ), Nong Zhuang noiq, Zuojiang Zhuang nwaj.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหนื่อย
e h n ụ̄ ˋ ɒ y
Phonemic
เหฺนื่อย
e h ̥ n ụ̄ ˋ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonnʉ̀ai
Royal Institutenueai
(standard) IPA(key)/nɯa̯j˨˩/(R)

Adjective

เหนื่อย • (nʉ̀ai) (abstract noun ความเหนื่อย)

  1. weary; tired
    ผมครับ  ―  pǒm nʉ̀ai kráp  ―  I am tired (male speaker, polite)

Derived terms

  • เหน็ดเหนื่อย
  • เหนื่อยหน่าย

Descendants

  • → Khmer: នឿយ (nɨəy)

References

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