From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kei, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay1), Shan ၵႆႇ (kày), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq.
ꪼꪀ꪿ (transliteration needed)