ไหม
See also: ไหม้
Thai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰmajᴬ (“thread”), from Proto-Tai *ʰmajᴬ (“thread”), from Old Chinese 徽 (OC *hmɯl, “fine; glorious”).[1] Cognate with Lao ໄໝ (mai), Tai Dam ꪼꪢ, Lü ᦺᦖ (ṁay), Shan မႆ (mǎi).
Pronunciation
Orthographic | ไหม ai h m | |
Phonemic | ไหฺม ai h ̥ m | |
Romanization | Paiboon | mǎi |
Royal Institute | mai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /maj˩˩˦/(R) |
Noun
ไหม • (mǎi)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Orthographic | ไหม ai h m | |
Phonemic | ไหฺม ai h ̥ m | |
Romanization | Paiboon | mǎi |
Royal Institute | mai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /maj˩˩˦/(R) |
Noun
ไหม • (mǎi)
Verb
ไหม • (mǎi)
Etymology 3
From contraction of หรือ (rʉ̌ʉ, “or”) + ไม่ (mâi, “not”). Compare Southern Thai ม่าย.
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- มั้ย (mái)
Pronunciation
Orthographic | ไหม ai h m | ||
Phonemic | ไหฺม ai h ̥ m | ไม้ ai m ˆ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | mǎi | mái |
Royal Institute | mai | mai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /maj˩˩˦/(R) | /maj˦˥/(R) |
Particle
ไหม • (mǎi)
References
- ^ 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.
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