ไก่
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Phake ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก. Compare Proto-Be *kajᴬ¹.
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ไก่ ai k ˋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | gài |
Royal Institute | kai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kaj˨˩/(R) | |
Audio |
Noun
Derived terms
Adjective
ไก่ • (gài)
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