ຫຍ້າ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (“grass”). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa²), Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe) or ယႃႈ (yāa), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), or 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Bouyei nyal, Zhuang nywj.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ɲaː˧˩]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ɲaː˥˥˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຫຍ້າ
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ຫຍ້າ • (nyā)

  1. grass
  2. weed
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