𑜄𑜡

Ahom

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Thai ตา (dtaa), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹]. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”), Proto-Austronesian *mata (“eye”).

Noun

𑜄𑜡 (tā)

1. eye