ငူဝ်း

Khamti

Noun

င︀ူဝ︀်း (transliteration needed)

  1. ox; cow.

Shan

Alternative forms

  • ဝူဝ်း (wó)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋuəᴬ⁴ (“ox; cow”) (Jonsson, 1991). Compare Old Chinese 牛 (OC *ŋʷɯ). Cognate with Thai วัว (wuua) or งัว (nguua), Northern Thai ᨦ᩠ᩅᩫ, Isan งัว, Lao ງົວ (ngūa), Lü ᦷᦇ (ngo), ᦷᦞ (vo) or ᦷᦣ (ho), Tai Dam ꪉꪺ, Tai Dón ꪉꪺ, Tai Nüa ᥒᥨᥝᥰ (ngöw) or ᥝᥨᥝᥰ (wöw), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū) or 𑜑𑜥 (hū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋoː˥/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

ငူဝ်း • (ngó) (classifier တူဝ်)

  1. ox; cow.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.