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เหนื่อย

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰnɯəjᴮ (“tired; exhausted”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩮᩬᩥ᩠᩵ᨿ (“to have a slight fever”), Lao ເໜື່ອຍ (nư̄ai), Tai Dam ꪹꪘ꪿ꪥ, Tai Dón ꪘꪷꪥꫀ, Phake ꩫ︀ုၺ︀် (nuñ), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜐𑜫 (nuñ), Nong Zhuang noiq, Zuojiang Zhuang nwaj.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเหนื่อย
e h n ụ̄ ˋ ɒ y
Phonemic
เหฺนื่อย
e h ̥ n ụ̄ ˋ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonnʉ̀ai
Royal Institutenueai
(standard) IPA(key)/nɯa̯j˨˩/(R)

Adjective

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เหนื่อย • (nʉ̀ai) (abstract noun ความเหนื่อย)

  1. weary; tired
    ผมเหนื่อยครับ  ―  pǒm nʉ̀ai kráp  ―  I am tired (male speaker, polite)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Khmer: នឿយ (nɨəy)

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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  • “เหนื่อย” 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.