nyal

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Bouyei[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (grass). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa²), Tai Dam ꪐ꫁ꪱ, Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe), ယႃႈ (yāa), Tai Nüa ᥕᥫᥲ (yòe), ᥕᥣᥲ (yàa), Phake ယႃ (), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Tày nhả, Zhuang nywj, Nong Zhuang nyaj, Zuojiang Zhuang yaj.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nyal

  1. grass

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *ńale-. Cognates include Finnish nuolla. [1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɒl]
  • Hyphenation: nyal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb[edit]

nyal

  1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

Compound words

References[edit]

  1. ^ Entry #633 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ nyal in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • nyal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Southwestern Dinka[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

nyal

  1. sky

References[edit]

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[1], 2005