งัว

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋuəᴬ⁴ (“ox; cow”) (Jonsson, 1991). Compare Old Chinese 牛 (OC *ŋʷɯ). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦ᩠ᩅᩫ, Isan งัว, Lao ງົວ (ngūa), Lü ᦷᦇ (ngo), ᦷᦞ (vo) or ᦷᦣ (ho), Tai Dam ꪉꪺ, Tai Dón ꪉꪺ, Shan ငူဝ်း (ngó) or ဝူဝ်း (wó), Tai Nüa ᥒᥨᥝᥰ (ngöw) or ᥝᥨᥝᥰ (wöw), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū) or 𑜑𑜥 (hū).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicงัว
ŋ ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonnguua
Royal Institutengua
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋua̯˧/(R)

Noun

งัว • (nguua)

  1. alternative spelling of วัว (wuua)
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