ຍິງ
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Lao[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰɲiŋᴬ (“woman”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨬᩥ᩠ᨦ or ᨿᩥ᩠ᨦ, Isan ญิง, Thai หญิง (yǐng), Lü ᦍᦲᧂ (yiing), Shan ယိင်း (yíng), Tai Nüa ᥕᥤᥒᥰ (yïng), Ahom 𑜐𑜢𑜂𑜫 (ñiṅ).
Noun[edit]
ຍິງ • (nying) (classifier ຄົນ)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Tai *ɲɯŋᴬ (“to shoot”). Cognate with Thai ยิง (ying), Northern Thai ᨿᩥ᩠ᨦ, Zhuang nyingz, Saek ญิ๊ง.