ᥔᥤᥱ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Numeral

ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ) (1963 orthography ᥔᥤ̌)

1. four