bya'ndoek

Zhuang

Etymology

From bya (“fish”) + a morpheme from Proto-Tai *C̥.dokᴰ (“catfish”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pʲa˨˦ ɗok˥/
• Tone numbers: bya¹ndoek⁷
• Hyphenation: bya‧ndoek

Noun

bya'ndoek (1957–1982 spelling bya'ƌɵk)

1. walking catfish

   Synonym: (dialectal) byagok