ไทใหญ่

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

ไท (tai, “Tai”) +‎ ใหญ่ (yài, “big”); possibly calque of Shan တႆးလူင် (tái lǔung, “Shan”, literally “Big Tai”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicไทใหญ่
ai d au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic
ไท-ไหฺย่
ai d – ai h ̥ y ˋ
RomanizationPaiboontai-yài
Royal Institutethai-yai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaj˧.jaj˨˩/(R)
Audio

Proper noun

ไทใหญ่ • (tai-yài)

  1. Shan people or person.
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