ມ້າ

See also: ມາ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa), Zhuang max.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [maː˥˨]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [maː˧˦]
  • Hyphenation: ມ້າ
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ມ້າ • (mā) (classifier ໂຕ)

  1. horse
    Synonym: ໂສ (sō)
  2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

See also
Chess pieces in Lao · ຕົວໝາກຮຸກ (tūamāk huk) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
ຄິງ (khing)
ຂຸນ (khun)		 ຄວີນ (kha wīn)
ເມັດ (met)		 ເຮືອ (hư̄a) ບີຊອປ (bī sǭp)
ໂຄນ (khōn)		 ອັດສະວິນ (ʼat sa win)
ມ້າ (mā)		 ເບ້ຍ (bīa)
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