vaiz

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”). Cognate with Thai ควาย (kwaai), Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຄວາຍ (khuāi), Lü ᦩᦻ (xvaay), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪥ, Shan ၵႂၢႆး (kwáay), Saek ว๊าย.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /βaːi˧˩/

Tone numbers: vai²

Hyphenation: vaiz

Noun

vaiz (old orthography vaiƨ, Sawndip forms 𤘢, 𤜄, 犩, 𤘹)

water buffalo

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