ไซ

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Thai[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicไซ
ai z
RomanizationPaiboonsai
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saj˧/(R)
Homophonesไทร

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *zajᴬ (“fish trap”). Cognate with Lao ໄຊ (sai), Tai Dam ꪼꪏ, Shan သႆး (sái), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang saez.

Noun[edit]

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ลูก)

  1. (fishery) long, woven bottle, used for trapping fish.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) (งู~) Bocourt's water snake: the water snake Subsessor bocourti of the family Colubridae.

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ไซ • (sai)

  1. (botany) (ต้น~) swamp rice grass: the plant Leersia hexandra of the family Gramineae.

Etymology 4[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

ไซ • (sai)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) (ดาว~) Synonym of ธนิษฐา
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