raemx

Zhuang

Alternative forms

(Youjiang) laemx

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.namᶜ (“water”). Cognate with Lao ນ້ຳ (nam), Lü ᦓᧄᧉ (nam²), Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ (nam), Shan ၼမ်ႉ (nâ̰m), Tai Dam ꪙꪾ꫁ (nam6), Tai Nüa ᥘᥛᥳ (lam⁵), Thai น้ำ (náam), Southern Kam naemx.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣam˦˨/

Tone numbers: raem⁴

Hyphenation: raemx

Regional pronunciation

(northern)
- (Yongbei 邕北)
  - (Wuming 武鳴) IPA^(key): /ɣam⁴/[1]^:80[2]^:80
- (Guibei 桂北)
  - (Rong'an 融安) IPA^(key): /sam⁴/[1]^:80
  - (Huanjiang 環江) IPA^(key): /ɣam³/[1]^:89
  - (Hechi 河池) IPA^(key): /ram⁴/[2]^:80
- (Hongshuihe 紅水河)
  - (Laibin 來賓) IPA^(key): /ɣam⁴/[2]^:87
- (Youjiang 右江) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/[1]^:83
  - (Tianyang 田陽) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/[1]^:89
  - (Tiandong 田東) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/[2]^:87
- (Guibian 桂邊)
  - (Longlin 隆林) IPA^(key): /zam⁴/[2]^:80
(southern)
- (Yongnan 邕南)
  - (Long'an 隆安) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/[1]^:89
- (Zuojiang 左江)
  - (Longzhou 龍州) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/[1]^:89, IPA^(key): /nam⁴/[2]^:80
- (Dejing 德靖)
  - (Jingxi 靖西) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/[1]^:89, IPA^(key): /nam⁴/[2]^:80
  - (Dejing 德靖) IPA^(key): /noːm⁴/[1]^:86
- (Yanguang 硯廣) [Nong Zhuang]
  - (Yanshan 硯山) IPA^(key): /nam⁴/[2]^:80
  - (Maguan 馬關) IPA^(key): [nam˥˥][3]^:12
- (Wenma 文麻) [Dai Zhuang, Tu Zhuang]
  - (Maguan 馬關) IPA^(key): [nã˧˧][3]^:12

Noun

raemx (old orthography rəmч, Sawndip forms 淰, 𭰽, 淋, 𭜯, 𢗨, 𣲙)

water
- 2008, Rint Sybesma, Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics, in From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (edited by Pieter Muysken), page 246:
  De fwngz ndeu yaeuj ndaej song doengj raemx bae!
  
  3s hand one raise ACQ two bucket water PRT
  
  S/he can lift two buckets of water with one hand!

References

Adams Bodomo, ‎Yanqin Pan, A proficiency course in Zhuang: fieldwork documentation (2007), page 18

Zhang Yuansheng, Wei Xingyun, Regional Variants and Vernaculars in Zhuang, Comparative Kadai: The Tai Branch (Dallas, SIL, 1997)
Wei Qingwen, Tan Guosheng, Zhuangyu Jianzhi (壮语简志) (Beijing, Minzu Chubanshe, 1980)
Eric C. Johnson, A Brief Overview of the Tone Systems of the Zhuang and Dai Languages of Maguan County, Yunnan, China (2008)

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