ໄກ່

See also: ໄກ and ໄກ້

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton က︀ႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kaj˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kaj˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ໄກ່
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

ໄກ່ • (kai) (classifier ໂຕ)

1. chicken

Derived terms

• ໄກ່ງວງ (kai ngūang, “turkey”)
• ໄກ່ແຈ້ (kai chǣ, “bantam”)
• ໄກ່ຕີ (kai tī, “gamecock”)
• ໄກ່ຜູ້ (kai phū, “rooster”)
• ເລົ້າໄກ່ (lao kai, “chicken coop”)

References

• Patterson, William L.; Severino, Mario E. (1995), Lao-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Kerr, Allen (1972), Lao-English Dictionary‎^[2], Catholic University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.