Where does “ngoenzlijbai” come from?

ngoenzlijbai (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang ngoenz, from Proto-Tai ŋwanᴬ — daytime.

ngoenzlijbai (Zhuang): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “ngoenzlijbai”, step by step

ngoenzlijbai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang ngoenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangngoenzday; daytime; day
2Proto-Taiŋwanᴬdaytime

via Zhuang lijbai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuanglijbaiweek
Every word from Proto-Tai ŋwanᴬ →Every word from Zhuang ngoenz →