นิ้ว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *niːwꟲ (finger; toe).[1]

Cognate with Lao ນິ້ວ (niu) or ນີ້ວ (nīu), Northern Thai ᨶᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ, ᦓᦲᧁᧉ (niiw²), Tai Dam ꪙꪲ꫁ꪫ, Tai Dón ꪙꪲꪫꫂ, Shan ၼိဝ်ႉ (nḭ̂o), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥝᥳ (lėw) or ᥢᥥᥝᥳ (nėw), Phake ꩫိဝ် (niw), Ahom 𑜃𑜢𑜈𑜫 (niw) or 𑜐𑜢𑜈𑜫 (ñiw), Zuojiang Zhuang niux, Zhuang niux (dialectal).

Note also similarities to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C̥.nuʔ (finger).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicนิ้ว
n i ˆ w
RomanizationPaiboonníu
Royal Institutenio
(standard) IPA(key)/niw˦˥/(R)

Noun

นิ้ว • (níu)

  1. finger; toe (Classifier: นิ้ว)
  2. inch

Derived terms

See also

terms for fingers: นิ้ว (níu)edit

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 324

Further reading

  • นิ้ว” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.