ᨠᩱ᩵

Khün

Pronunciation

• (Kengtung) IPA^(key): /kaj˨˨/

Noun

ᨠᩱ᩵ (transliteration needed)

1. chicken

Northern Thai

Alternative forms

• ไก่

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Orthographic		ᨠᩱ᩵
  Phonemic		ไก่ ai k ˋ
  Romanization	Paiboon	gài
  	Royal Institute	kai
  (Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/kaj˨˩/
  (Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/kaj˩˩/

  Noun

  ᨠᩱ᩵ • (kai) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)

  1. chicken
     • 2005, สงบ เดชะวงศ์ [Sa-ngop Dechawong], คู่มือการเรียยหนังสือตัวเมือง แบบง่าย [Handbook for Learning Tua Mueang (Made Easy)] (overall work in Thai), page 29:

       ᨠᩱ᩵ᨡ᩠ᨿᩮ᩵ᨯᩥ᩠ᨶᨻᩮᩬᩨ᩵ᩋᨪᩬᩴᩡᨠᩦ᩠ᨶᩋᩣᩉᩣ᩠ᩁ

       A chicken opens the ground up so as to find food to eat.