ᨦ᩠ᩅᩫ
Northern Thai
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋuəᴬ⁴ (Jonsson, 1991). Compare Old Chinese 牛 (OC *ŋʷɯ). Cognate with Thai วัว (wuua) or งัว (nguua), 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 | ᨦ᩠ᩅᩫ | |
| Phonemic | งัว ŋ ạ w | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nguua |
| Royal Institute | ngua | |
| (Chiang Mai) IPA(key) | /ŋua̯˧/ | |
| (Chiang Rai) IPA(key) | /ŋua̯˧˧˦/ | |
Noun
ᨦ᩠ᩅᩫ • (transliteration needed) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)