gyaeuj

== Zhuang == === Etymology === Li (1977) reconstructed Proto-Tai *kləuꟲ¹ (“head; knot of hair on the top of the head”). Thereafter, Pittayaporn (2009) reconstructed the Proto-Tai forms as *klawꟲ (“hair knot”) and *krawꟲ (“head”) (gyaeuj, Thai เกล้า (glâao), Lao ເກົ້າ (kao), Tai Nüa ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw) are descendants of *klawꟲ (“hair knot”)), but it seems to vacillate whether to distinguish between the two forms. Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *qulu (“head”). Pan (2000) considered Old Chinese 首 (*qhljǔʔ, “head”) as a cognate word with Kra-Dai such as gyaeuj etc. and Tibeto-Burman such as Tibetan མགོ (mgo, “head”) etc. === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /kʲau˥/ Tone numbers: gyaeu3 Hyphenation: gyaeuj === Noun === gyaeuj (Sawndip forms 𬼣[6] or 𱄋[6] or 𮚷[6] or 位[6] or 馗[6] or 𮛓[6] or 玖[6] or 久[6] or ⿰豆久[6] or ⿰豆九[6] or ⿰首久[6] or ⿰首九[6] or 九[6] or 邱[6] or 㪷[6] or 苟[6] or ⿰苟头[6] or ⿰豆头[6] or 𭇚[6] or 𮩠[6] or 𮩢[6] or 𭑎[6] or 柳[6], 1957–1982 spelling gyəuз) head (body part) Synonym: (dialectal) hu (Zuojiang Zhuang: Longzhou (龙州); Ningming (宁明)) headhair end (of a long object); top (of a tall object) end; destination beginning or end of an event aspect; thing edge; end; periphery remnant; scrap flake (of grain) ==== Derived terms ==== === Classifier === gyaeuj (Sawndip form same as noun, 1957–1982 spelling gyəuз) Classifier for people. === References ===