หน้าไม้

Thai

Etymology

หน้า (nâa) +‎ ไม้ (máai). This "หน้า" is from Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯə (“crossbow”), from Old Chinese 弩 (OC *naːʔ, “crossbow”). Cognate with Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai), Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²), Zhuang naq (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หน้าไม้ h n ˆ ā ai m ˆ
Phonemic		น่า-ม้าย n ˋ ā – m ˆ ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	nâa-máai
	Royal Institute	na-mai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/naː˥˩.maːj˦˥/

Noun

หน้าไม้ • (nâa-máai)

crossbow.

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