ndwen

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɗɯːn˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: ndwen1
  • Hyphenation: ndwen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon; month”). Cognate with Thai เดือน (dʉʉan), Northern Thai ᨯᩮᩥᩬᩁ, Lao ເດືອນ (dư̄an), Lü ᦵᦡᦲᧃ (ḋeiin), Shan လိူၼ် (lǒen).

Classifier

ndwen (old orthography ƌɯen, Sawndip forms 𬚻, 𦙖, 脌)

  1. month

Noun

ndwen (old orthography ƌɯen, Sawndip forms 𬚻, 𦙖, 脌)

  1. (dialectal) moon
    Synonym: ronghndwen

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *t.nɯəlᴬ (“earthworm”).

Noun

ndwen (old orthography ƌɯen, Sawndip forms 蚓, 𧌀, 𧉂, 𧐖)

  1. earthworm
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