ᥑᥣᥝᥱ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰaːwᴮ¹ (“news”). Cognate with Thai ข่าว (kàao), Northern Thai ᨡ᩵ᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຂ່າວ (khāo), Lü ᦃᦱᧁᧈ (ẋaaw¹), Tai Dam ꪄ꪿ꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ်ႇ (khàao), Phake ၵွ် (khaw), Ahom *𑜁𑜨𑜧 (*khow), Zuojiang Zhuang hauq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːw˩˩/

Noun

ᥑᥣᥝᥱ (xǎaw) (1963 orthography ᥑᥣᥝ̌)

  1. news
  2. message

References

  • Luo, Y. (1999). A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China. The Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Pacific Linguistics.
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