gyau

Anticausative of khyauh (“to break (something else)”).

• (Myanmar) /ɡʲɑu˧/
• (Longchuan) [kʐau³¹]
• (Xiandao) [kʐau³¹]

gyau

1. to be broken, break

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 38

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kʲaːu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gyau¹
• Hyphenation: gyau

From Chinese 交 (MC kaew).

gyau (1957–1982 spelling gyau)

1. to hand over (an object)
2. to pay
3. to hand over; to pass on (a matter)
4. to make (friends)

From Proto-Tai *krwaːwᴬ (“spider”). Cognate with Tày xao.

gyau (Sawndip forms 蛟 or 𰳛 or 交 or 淐, 1957–1982 spelling gyau)

1. (in compounds) spider