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ง่าย

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See also: งาย

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːjᴮ⁴ (easy), from Proto-Tai *ŋaːjᴮ (easy).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ງ່າຍ (ngāi), ᦇᦻᧈ (ngaay¹), Shan ငၢႆႈ (ngāai), Tai Dam ꪉ꪿ꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪉꪱꪥꫀ, Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥭ (ngaay), Phake ငႝ (ṅay), Ahom 𑜂𑜩 (ṅay), Zhuang ngaih (dialectal), Saek หง้าย.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicง่าย
ŋ ˋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonngâai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaːj˥˩/(R)

Adjective

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ง่าย (ngâai) (abstract noun ความง่าย)

  1. easy, simple.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Khmer: ងាយ (ngiəy)

References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 346

Further reading

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  • ง่าย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.