เหนียว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰniəwᴬ (sticky).

Cognate with Lao ໜຽວ (niāu), ᦵᦐᧁ (ṅew), Shan ၼဵဝ် (nǎeo), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥝᥴ (léw) or ᥢᥥᥝᥴ (néw), Tai Dam ꪘꪸꪫ, Zhuang niu, Nong Zhuang no.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหนียว
ehnīyw
Phonemic
เหฺนียว
eh̥nīyw
RomanizationPaiboonnǐao
Royal Instituteniao
(standard) IPA(key)/nia̯w˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

เหนียว • (nǐao) (abstract noun ความเหนียว)

  1. tough; strong
  2. sticky; gluey; glutinous
  3. stingy; cheap

Derived terms

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