maiq

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːjꟲ (“widowed”).^[1] Northern Tai points to tone *B (the tone of maiq is B1), probably due to contamination from Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (“mother”) or post-Proto-Tai *jaːᴮ ("lady"), cf. Thai แม่ม่าย (mɛːᴮ².maːjᴮ², “widow”).^[2]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ม่าย (mâai), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ໝ້າຍ (māi), Lü ᦖᦻᧉ (ṁaay²), Shan မၢႆႈ (māai), Ahom 𑜉𑜩 (may).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /maːi˧˥/
Tone numbers: mai⁵
Hyphenation: maiq

Noun

maiq (Sawndip forms 嬻 [3] or 𢠼[3] or 𪥿 [3] or ⿰女⿱𡗗夕[3] or 嘪 [3] or 㜥 [3] or 邁 [3] or 𭟐[3] or ⿰亻買[3], 1957–1982 spelling maiƽ)

widow; widower

Derived terms

bohmaiq
goengmaiq
mehmaiq
yahmaiq

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 337
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 368
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN

[1] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 337

[2] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 368

[a-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN

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