ᨡᩱ᩵
Northern Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *qraj (“egg”). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꪿, Lü ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Khamti ၵ︀ဲ, Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Tày xáy, Bouyei jais, Zhuang gyaeq.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | ᨡᩱ᩵ | |
| Phonemic | ไข่ ai kʰ ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kài |
| Royal Institute | khai | |
| (Chiang Mai) IPA(key) | /xaj˨˩/ | |
| (Chiang Rai) IPA(key) | /kʰaj˩˩/ | |
Noun
[edit]ᨡᩱ᩵ • (khai)