ᥛᥩᥐᥱ

Tai Nüa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔk˩˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰmɔːkᴰᴸ¹ (“fog; mist”), from Proto-Tai *ʰmoːkᴰ (“fog; mist”), from Old Chinese 霧 (OC *moɡs, *moːŋ, “fog; mist”).[1] Cognate with Thai หมอก (mɔ̀ɔk), Lao ໝອກ (mǭk), Lü ᦖᦸᧅᧈ (ṁoak¹), Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜀𑜫 (mok), Zhuang mok, Nong Zhuang moag or mog, Saek ม̄อก.

Noun

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. cloud

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɓloːkᴰ (“flower”). Cognate with Thai ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk), Lao ດອກ (dǭk), Northern Thai ᨯᩬᨠ, Tai Dam ꪚꪮꪀ, ꪒꪮꪀ, Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk), ဝွၵ်ႇ (wàuk), Phake မွက် (mok), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜀𑜫 (mok), 𑜈𑜨𑜀𑜫 (bok), Nong Zhuang ndog.

Noun

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. flower

Verb

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. to blossom

Classifier

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. Classifier for flowers.

Etymology 3

Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”), whence Vietnamese mốc.

Noun

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. mold (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)

Noun

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. tube; tubular object; pipe

Etymology 5

Cognate with Thai บอก (bɔ̀ɔk), Northern Thai ᨷᩬᨠ, Lao ບອກ (bǭk), Lü ᦢᦸᧅᧈ (ḃoak¹) or ᦢᦸᧅ (ḃoak), Tai Dam ꪚꪮꪀ, Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk) or ဝွၵ်ႇ (wàuk), Ahom 𑜈𑜨𑜀𑜫 (bok).

Verb

ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) (1963 orthography ᥛᥩᥐ̌)

  1. to tell; to inform

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
  • Meng, Zunxian (孟尊贤) (2007) “ᥛᥩᥐᥱ”, in 傣汉词典 ᥓᥣᥛᥰ ᥖᥨᥝ ᥑᥣᥛᥰ ᥖᥭᥰ ᥑᥥᥱ, Kunming: 云南民族出版社, →ISBN, pages 1385-1386
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