ᥑᥣᥭᥴ

Tai Nüa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ (“to sell”). Cognate with Thai ขาย (kǎai), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຂາຍ (khāi), Lü ᦃᦻ (ẋaay), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪥ, Shan ၶၢႆ (khǎai), Phake ၵႝ (khay), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Nùng khải, Zhuang gai, Bouyei gaail. Compare Sui beel and ggeel (“to sell”), Southern Kam beel (“to sell”).

Verb

ᥑᥣᥭᥴ (xáay) (1963 orthography ᥑᥣᥭ́)

  1. to sell

Etymology 2

Verb

ᥑᥣᥭᥴ (xáay) (1963 orthography ᥑᥣᥭ́)

  1. to turn, shift

References

  • Yongxian, Luo (1999) A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China, Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 220
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