ᥐᥣᥲ

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Tai Nüa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *klaːꟲ (rice seedling), from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ (rice seedling), from Old Chinese (OC *kraːs, “sow crops”).[1] Cognate with Thai กล้า (glâa), Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (), ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Tày chả.

Noun[edit]

ᥐᥣᥲ (kàa) (1963 orthography ᥐᥣ̀)

  1. rice seedling

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.