ᨡᩱ᩵

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *qraj (“egg”). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꪿, Lü ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Khamti ၵဲ, Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Tày xáy, Bouyei jais, Zhuang gyaeq.

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨡᩱ᩵
Phonemicไข่
ai kʰ ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkài
Royal Institutekhai
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/xaj˨˩/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/kʰaj˩˩/

Noun

ᨡᩱ᩵ • (khai)

  1. egg
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