English – Dai Lue


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night queenᦡᦸᧅᧈ ᦒᦱᧃᧉ ᦩᦱᧈdɔɔk²tʰaan⁶xwaa⁵night queenEpiphyllum oxypetalum
nightmareᦺᦜ ᦜᦱ ᦀᦱ ᦵᦑlaj¹laa¹ʔaa¹tee⁴to have a nightmareᦚᧃᦣᦻᧉfan¹haaj⁶nightmare; bad dream
Nile tilapiaᦔᦱ ᦓᦲᧉ ᦷᦟᧉ ᦷᦟᧉ ᦵᦝᧀᧈpaa¹nii⁶loo⁶loo⁶fɤj⁵Nile tilapiaOreochromis niloticus
nimᦉ ᦵᦟᧄsalem⁴nim treeMelia indica
nimbleᦙᦸᧂᧈ ᦺᦞmɔŋ⁵waj⁴nimble; quick
nineᦂᧁᧉ1kaw³nine. Written as ᧙500᧙kaw³nine
nippleᦂᦲᧃᧈ ᦓᦳᧄkin²num⁴nippleᦷᦠ ᦓᦳᧄhoo¹num⁴nippleᦶᦦᧃᧉ ᦓᦳᧄkwæn³num⁴nipple; teat
nirvanaᦓᦲᧉ ᦗᦱᧃnii⁶paan⁴nirvana
nitrogenᦎᦱᧃᧈ2taan²nitrogen (fertiliser)
noᦢᧁᧈbaw²not; no. [Note: In rapid speech the pronunciation of this word is shortened to just an 'm' sound.]500
no matter howᦵᦣᧆ ᦌᦹhet⁵sɯɯ⁴no matter how; in whatever way
no matter whatᦊᦱᧂᧈ ᦺᦡ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦡᦲjaaŋ²daj²kɔ⁶dii¹no matter what (the circumstances); whether or not (the previous statement is valid); whichever (of the previous alternatives)
nobilityᦃᦳᧃ2xun¹noble person; nobility. [Note: There are three kinds of people in traditional Tai Lue society: ᦺᦘᧈ are commoners, ᦃᦳᧃ are nobles, and ᦑᦱᧁᧉ are royals.]2000ᦑᦱᧁᧉ ᦃᦳᧃtaaw⁶xun¹noble person; nobility (can be separated)2000ᦙ ᦠᦱ ᦟᦱᧆmahaa¹laat⁵nobility; kingᦣᦾᧉ ᦡᦱᧂᧉhɔj⁶daaŋ³duke; a high level in the Tai aristocracyᦑᦱᧁᧉ ᦘ ᦍᦱtaaw⁶pʰajaa⁴noble person; nobilityᦆ ᦋᦹᧂxacɯŋ⁴Xaceng, a level of Tai Lue nobility. [Note: Under the king was the ᦈᧁᧉ ᦵᦋᧂ ᦣᦱ 'Lord of Jing Ha'. Under him were the ᧔ ᦆ ᦋᦹᧂ 'Four Xaceng Lords', and then the ᧘ ᦆ ᦋᦹᧂ 'Eight Xaceng Lords'.]ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦈᧁᧉcɤɤ⁶caw³aristocracy; nobilityᦟᦴᧅ ᦑᦱᧁᧉ ᦜᦱᧃ ᦃᦳᧃluk⁵taaw⁶laan¹xun¹noble person; nobilityᦢᦱᧁᧈ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦉᦱᧁ ᦓᦱᧂbaaw²caw³saaw¹naaŋ⁴young men and women of nobilityᦈᧁᧉ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦃᦳᧃ ᦷᦜᧂcaw³jaj²xun¹loŋ¹noble person; nobilityᦃᦳᧃ ᦓᦻxun¹naaj⁴noble person; nobility
nodᦄᦸᧅ1ŋɔk²to nod one's head (as in assent)2000ᦄᦸᧇŋɔp²to nod (in assent)ᦂᦸᧅ ᦄᦸᧅkɔk²ŋɔk²to nodᦄᦸᦰŋɔʔ²to nod (in assent)ᦓᦸᦰ ᦓᦸᦰnɔʔ⁵nɔʔ⁵nodding; swaying
noiseᦵᦉᧂseŋ¹sound, voice500ᦶᦕᧉpʰææ³sharp (of a noise)
noisyᦵᦂᧁkew¹to be noisy; loud; make a disturbance2000ᦌᦱᧁᧉ ᦌᦱᧁᧉsaaw⁶saaw⁶loudly, from the sum of many small noises2000ᦷᦙᧃᧈmon⁵fun; noisy; cheerful2000ᦉᦱᧁ ᦉᦱᧁsaaw¹saaw¹noisilyᦙᦸmɔɔ⁴to make a loud noiseᦉᦱᧁ ᦉᦲᧁsaaw¹siw¹noisyᦵᦂᧁ ᦵᦂᧁ ᦙᦸ ᦙᦸkew³kew³mɔɔ⁴mɔɔ⁴noisy
nomadᦅᦳᧃ ᦆᦻᧉ ᦎᦳᧇᧈkun⁴xaaj⁶tuup²nomad; migrant worker
NOMINALISERᦂᦱᧃkaan¹nominaliser for verbs and clauses (such as the English suffix '-ing' in 'I prefer swimming')500ᦩᦱᧄxwaam⁴nominaliser2000ᦑᦱᧂ1taaŋ⁴nominaliserᦓᧄᧉ2nam⁶nominaliser (typically showing a state or condition)
nonsenseᦓᧇ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦓᧇ ᦞᦱᧈnap⁵daj³nap⁵waa⁵to speak nonsenseᦙᦰ ᦵᦓᦲ ᦙᦰ ᦓᦱmanɤɤ⁴manaa⁴rumour; nonsenseᦍᦲᧈ ᦍᦲᧈ ᦍᦱᧈ ᦍᦱᧈjii⁵jii⁵jaa⁵jaa⁵nonsense noisesᦔᦱᧅ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦅᧄpaak²baw²pin¹kam⁴to speak nonsense (literally: speak not be words)ᦢᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦢᦱᧉ ᦵᦉᧂbaa³sop²baa³seŋ¹nonsense (literally: crazy mouth crazy sound)
noodleᦃᧁᧉ ᦓᦳᧄ ᦉᦲᧃᧉxaw³num⁴sin³a kind of rice noodle, thin and whiteᦉᦲᧃᧉ1sin³noodlesᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦖᧃᧈxaw³mæn²wheat noodleᦃᧁᧉ ᦓᦳᧄxaw³num⁴noodles, especially fine white rice noodles; vermicelliᦉᦸᧈ ᦵᦝᦲᧃsɔɔ²fɤn⁴glass noodlesᦶᦟᧂᧉ ᦵᦝᦲᧃlæŋ⁶fɤn⁴large white rice noodleᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦖᧃᧈ ᦶᦒᧁᧉxaw³mæn²tʰæw⁶wheat noodleᦇᦳᧃᧉŋun⁶glass noodles
noodle pressᦅᦱᧂᧉ2kaaŋ⁶a press for making noodles
noonᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦞᧃteŋ⁵wan⁴noonᦵᦑᧂᧈ1teŋ⁵noon; midnightᦞᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈwan⁴teŋ⁵noon
noon mealᦃᧁᧉ ᦇᦻxaw³ŋaaj⁴noon meal. [Note: In the Thailand dialect of Tai Lue this refers to breakfast.]ᦇᦻŋaaj⁴noon meal
nooseᦷᦢᧂᧉ ᦢᦱᧆboŋ³baat²lasso; noose
normalᦉ ᦵᦖᦲsamɤɤ¹proper; normal