ຮ້ອຍ

Lao

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [hɔːj˥˨]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [hɔːj˧˦]
  • Hyphenation: ຮ້ອຍ
  • Rhymes: -ɔːj

Etymology 1
Lao numbers (edit)
 ←  90  ←  99 ໑໐໐
100		 1,000  →  100,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: ຮ້ອຍ (hǭi), ຮ້ອຽ (hǭi)
    Ordinal: ທີ່ຮ້ອຍ (thī hǭi)

From Proto-Tai *roːjꟲ (“hundred”). Cognate with Thai ร้อย (rɔ́ɔi), Isan ฮ่อย, Lü ᦣᦾᧉ (hoay²), Shan လွႆႉ (lâ̰ui).

Numeral

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi)

  1. hundred

Noun

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi)

  1. lieutenant
  2. (archaic) a monetary unit
  3. a traditional unit of weight, equals to 10 ບາດ (bāt) or 155 gram

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *roːjꟲ (“to string”). Cognate with Thai ร้อย (rɔ́ɔi), Isan ฮ่อย, Zhuang roix or loix.

Verb

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi) (abstract noun ການຮ້ອຍ)

  1. to thread; to stitch
  2. to embroider
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