ไห

See also: ไห้

Saek

Adjective

ไห (transliteration needed)

  1. beautiful

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *krajᴬ (“jug”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ໄຫ (hai), Lü ᦺᦠ (ḣay, “jug; steamer”), Shan ႁႆ (hǎi, “steamer”), Tai Nüa ᥞᥭᥴ (háy, “jug; steamer”), Saek ไห่, Zhuang rae (“rice steaming pot”) (dialectal), Zuojiang Zhuang haej.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไห
ai h
RomanizationPaiboonhǎi
Royal Institutehai
(standard) IPA(key)/haj˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesหัย

Noun

ไห • (hǎi) (classifier ลูก or ใบ)

  1. vessel, especially one made of baked clay and higher than it is wide, as vase, jar, jug, urn, etc.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 339
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