ไซ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไซ
ai z
RomanizationPaiboonsai
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saj˧/(R)
Homophonesไทร

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *zajᴬ (“fish trap”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ໄຊ (sai), Tai Dam ꪼꪏ, Shan သႆး (sái), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang saez.

Noun

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ลูก)

  1. (fishery) long, woven bottle, used for trapping fish.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) (งู~) Bocourt's water snake: the water snake Subsessor bocourti of the family Colubridae.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ไซ • (sai)

  1. (botany) (ต้น~) swamp rice grass: the plant Leersia hexandra of the family Gramineae.

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

ไซ • (sai)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) (ดาว~) synonym of ธนิษฐา

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 341
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