mwz

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mwɯːᴬ (“hand”).[1]

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang fwngz, Bouyei fengz, Saek มื๊อ.

In Central Tai, cognate with Tày mừ.

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai มือ (mʉʉ), Northern Thai ᨾᩨ, Lao ມື (mư̄), Lü ᦙᦹ (mue), Tai Dam ꪣꪳ, Tai Dón ꪝꪳ, Shan မိုဝ်း (múe), Aiton မိုဝ် (müw), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (müw).

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *(qa)lima (“hand”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

mwz (Sawndip forms ⿰手麻[3] or 摩[3] or 𪎚[3], 1957–1982 spelling mɯƨ)

  1. (dialectal) hand (Zuojiang Zhuang: Longzhou (龙州);[4] Daxin (大新)[4])

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 324
  2. ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 122
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 644
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