ᥐᥝᥲ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ (“nine”), from Middle Chinese 九 (MC kjuwX, “nine”), from Old Chinese 九 (OC *kuʔ), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Thai เก้า (gâao), Northern Thai ᨠᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lao ເກົ້າ (kao), Lü ᦂᧁᧉ (k̇aw²), Tai Dam ꪹꪀ꫁ꪱ, Shan ၵဝ်ႈ (kāo), Ahom 𑜀𑜧 (kaw), Bouyei guz, Zhuang gouj, Saek กู̂.

Numeral

ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw) (1963 orthography ᥐᥝ̀)

1. nine