ຮ້ອຍ

Lao

Alternative forms

• ຮ້ອຽ (hǭi) — dated
• ຮ້ຽ (hǭi) (Tai Noi script)

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [hɔːj˥˨]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [hɔːj˧˦]
• Hyphenation: ຮ້ອຍ
• Rhymes: -ɔːj

Etymology 1

Lao numbers ^(edit)

←  90	←  99	໑໐໐ 100	1,000  →	100,000  →
		10
Cardinal: ຮ້ອຍ (hǭi), ຮ້ອຽ (hǭi)     Ordinal: ທີ່ຮ້ອຍ (thī hǭi)

From Proto-Tai *roːjꟲ (“hundred”). Cognate with Thai ร้อย (rɔ́ɔi), Isan ฮ่อย, Lü ᦣᦾᧉ (hoay²), Shan လွႆႉ (lâ̰ui).

Numeral

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi)

1. hundred

Noun

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi)

1. lieutenant
2. (archaic) a monetary unit
3. a traditional unit of weight, equals to 10 ບາດ (bāt) or 155 gram

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *roːjꟲ (“to string”). Cognate with Thai ร้อย (rɔ́ɔi), Isan ฮ่อย, Zhuang roix or loix.

Verb

ຮ້ອຍ • (hǭi) (abstract noun ການຮ້ອຍ)

1. to thread; to stitch
2. to embroider