เหี่ยว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰriewᴮ (withered).[1]

Cognate with Isan เหี่ยว, Lao ຫ່ຽວ (hiāu) or ແຫ່ວ (hǣu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩵ᩅ (hiaw²), Khün ᩉ᩠ᨿᩴ᩵, ᦵᦠᧁᧈ (ḣew¹), Tai Dam ꪵꪬ꪿ꪫ (héo), Tai Dón ꪵꪬꪫꫀ, Shan ႁဵဝ်ႇ (hàeo), Tai Nüa ᥞᥥᥝᥱ (hěw), Zhuang heuh (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเหี่ยว
e h ī ˋ y w
RomanizationPaiboonhìao
Royal Institutehiao
(standard) IPA(key)/hia̯w˨˩/(R)

Adjective

เหี่ยว • (hìao) (abstract noun ความเหี่ยว)

  1. dried out
  2. withered
  3. flaccid
  4. depressed

References

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