maːi³

E

Etymology

Compare Thai ไม้ (máai, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːi⁵⁵/

Noun

maːi³

1. tree

Derived terms

• jam² ŋa² maːi³ (“Chinese mahogany”)
• jɔŋ² maːi³ (“banyan”)
• khu³ lin⁶ maːi³ (“bead tree”)
• maːi³ hiŋ¹ (“tree trunk”)
• maːi³ jɔŋ² (“banyan”)
• maːi³ kjɔk⁷ (“tree stump”)
• maːi³ kye¹ (“papaya”)
• maːi³ lan² (“tree ring”)
• maːi³ ləm² (“forest”)
• maːi³ l̥ɐu¹ (“maple tree”)
• maːi³ neŋ³ (“tree top”)
• maːi³ pi² (“tree bark”)
• maːi³ sɔŋ¹ (“mulberry tree”)
• maːi³ tat⁸ (“knot; burl”)
• maːi³ tau¹ (“tree stump”)
• maːi³ tsəŋ¹ (“tree pulp”)
• maːi³ tɕhe⁵ (“twig”)
• maːi³ tɕəŋ¹ (“camphor tree”)
• maːi³ ŋa² (“sprout of a tree”)
• maːi³ ŋa¹ (“fork of a tree”)
• maːi³ ɕia¹ (“fir tree”)
• mɔk⁸ min² maːi³ (“cotton tree”)
• sɔŋ¹ maːi³ (“mulberry tree”)
• sɔŋ¹ maːi³ (“pine tree”)
• sɔŋ¹ pek⁷ maːi³ (“cypress”)
• tshat⁷ maːi³ (“lacquer tree”)
• tsɔŋ maːi³ (“palm tree”)
• tɔng² lau⁶ maːi³ (“tung tree”)
• tɕəŋ¹ maːi³ (“camphor tree”)

References

• 韦茂繁 [Wéi Màofán], 韦树关 [Wéi Shùguān] (2011), 五色话研究 [Wǔsèhuà Yánjiū, A Study of E Language] (in Chinese), Beijing: 民族出版社 [Publishing House of Minority Nationalities], →ISBN