ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ

See also: ᩉᩩᨾ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜉𑜡 (mā), Aiton မႃ (mā), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Lao ໝາ (mā), Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Thai หมา (mǎa), , Shan မႃ (mǎa), Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ
Phonemic		หฺมา h ̥ m ā
Romanization	Paiboon	mǎa
	Royal Institute	ma
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/maː˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/maː˩˩˧/

Noun

ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ • (transliteration needed) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)

1. dog