งิ้ว

Thai
red cotton tree
statue at Wat Phai Rong Wua depicting a group of people climbing a red cotton tree in hell

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicงิ้ว
ŋ i ˆ w
RomanizationPaiboonngíu
Royal Institutengio
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋiw˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋiːwᶜ⁴ (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ, Khün ᨦᩦ᩠᩶ᩅ, Isan งิ้ว, Lao ງີ້ວ (ngīu), Lü ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw²) or ᦓᦲᧁᧉ (niiw²), Shan ၼိဝ်ႉ (nḭ̂o), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥝᥳ (li̇w) or ᥢᥤᥝᥳ (ni̇w), Phake ꩫိဝ် (niw).

Alternative forms

Noun

งิ้ว • (ngíu)

  1. (botany) red cotton tree: the plant Bombax ceiba of the family Bombacaceae (now Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).

Etymology 2

From Taishanese 優／优 (yiu1, “actor”).

Noun

งิ้ว • (ngíu)

  1. Chinese opera.
Usage notes

Uses the following classifiers, depending on form:

Synonyms
  • อุปรากรจีน
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