ໄຊ

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Lao[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [saj˧˥]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [saj˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ໄຊ
  • Rhymes: -aj

Etymology 1[edit]

From Pali jaya (“victory”), from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”). Cognate with Khmer ជ័យ (cɨy) and ជយ (cɔɔy), Thai ชัย (chai) and ชย.

Noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. victory, conquest, triumph

Proper noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. Xay (city)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. small long bamboo trap for fish and small animals

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. name of a native method of curing conjunctivitis or tongue infection

Etymology 4[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai) (abstract noun ຄວາມໄຊ)

  1. fierce because of pain (as of an injured animal)

Etymology 5[edit]

Cognate with Thai ไซ (sai).

Noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. (botany) Leersia hexandra, a type of sword grass with long leaves and sharp edges

Etymology 6[edit]

Cognate with Thai ไซ (sai).

Proper noun[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai)

  1. (astronomy) name of a star

Etymology 7[edit]

Verb[edit]

ໄຊ • (sai) (abstract noun ການໄຊ)

  1. to be stupefied; to lose consciousness (from pain, during an illness)
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