MULTILINGUAL
MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE
Working out
- THAI - Bamboo names
The problem with Thai names is that one either comes
across Thai without romanisation or romanised names without Thai
scripts. As long as these names are accompanied with botanical names,
we can use them. All others have to be disregarded. The notes below
relate to the process of working out either the original script from
a usually very bad romanisation or getting the correct romanisation
on the Thai. The combinations that we hope have been sorted can be
found either in the main Thai
index or the index of Bamboo
names. The romanised names in the main Thai index are based on
the Royal Thai Institute Standard. We are very grateful to Asger
Mollerup for his contribution on this important aspect of the
process and for his overall supervision of the index. It should be
noted that all transcribers, including Asger, think that any chosen
system of transcription has its deficiencies. This is why we have
kept all encountered forms of transcribed words in the records of
names while limiting ourselves to one system in the index.
The following remain to be sorted. Many
romanised names may be wrongly spelt. The correct ones need to be
transcribed into Thai. Help is required in working out the correct
Thai and corresponding botanical names.
Bong (Shan) ->
Bambusa tulda
Roxb. Burmese only ?
Cha kat wa ->
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. Burmese only ?
Gya wa ->
Neohouzeaua
dullooa (Gamble) A.
Camus Burmese only ?
Gya wa ->
Bambusa pallida
Munro
Burmese only ?
Kale o (Karen) ->
Melocalamus
compactiflorus (Kurz)
Benth.
Kasian ->
Schizostachyum aciculare Gamble probably a dialect ?
Katau (Kachin) ->
Pseudostachyum
polymorphum
Munro
Khakchat dun ->
Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz probably a dialect ?
Lawk -> Schizostachyum
aciculare Gamble
Mai bong nan ->
is this Mai
bong naam ?
Mai he ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Gamble
Mai hiar ->
Cephalostachyum
virgatum (Munro)
Kurz Burmese for Mai hia
?
Mai hok dam ->
Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz
Mai hop -> Bambusa
polymorpha Munro
Mai lai law (Shan) ->
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
Mai liang -> Bambusa
multiplex nana
? 'Floribunda' ?
Mai luang -> Bambusa
vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl. is this Mai leuang ?
Mai pang ->
Cephalostachyum
pergracile
Munro
Mai pang puk (Shan) ->
Phyllostachys mannii Gamble
Mai pao (Shan) ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Gamble
Mai phai liang ->
Bambusa multiplex ????? odd !
Mai phiu -> Bambusa
pallida Munro
Mai sa lawn (Shan) ->
Bambusa polymorpha
Munro
Mai sa lawn (Shan) ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Gamble
Mai sang (Shan) ->
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
Mai tiyo (Shan) ->
Thyrsostachys siamensis
Gamble
Mai tong (Kachin) ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Gamble
Mep we (Karen) ->
Phyllostachys mannii Gamble
Na chin wa ->
Melocalamus
compactiflorus (Kurz)
Benth. Burmese only ?
Nga chat wa ->
Bambusa binghamii
Gamble Burmese only ?
Phai damphra ->
Gigantochloa ligulata Gamble
Phai hang chang ->
Bambusa tulda Roxb.
Phai hom -> Bambusa
polymorpha Munro
Phai lam ma lok ->
Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz
Pai lam ma-lork ->
Bambusa longispiculata Gamble ex Brandis
Pai leuang -> Bambusa
vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.
Phai liang (Pai liang)
-> Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. var. nana (Roxb.) Keng f.
'Floribunda'
?
Pai luang -> Bambusa
vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl. is this Phai leuang ?
Phai ma rieng ->
Schizostachyum grande Ridley
Phai miang fai ->
Schizostachyum zollingeri Steudel
Phai nae ->
Gigantochloa ligulata Gamble
Phai nam -> Bambusa
arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.
Pai namm -> Bambusa
arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.
Pai nga chang ->
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.
Pai nual yai ->
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro ?
Pai or-lor ->
Melocanna arundina C. E. Parkinson (OHRN) Bot. name OK Thai not so sure
Pai paak man, Pai paak
-> Gigantochloa hasskarliana (Kurz) Backer ex K. Heyne
Pai phaak ->
Gigantochloa hasskarliana (Kurz) Backer ex K. Heyne
Phai por ->
Schizostachyum brachycladum (Munro) Kurz
Pai rai lor ->
Gigantochloa hasskarliana (Kurz) Backer ex K. Heyne
Phai ruak lek ->
Pseudoxytenanthera albociliata (Munro) Nguyen
Pai ruak yai ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble ( oliverii ?)
Phai sang kham ->
Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro is this also "Phai zang kum" & "Phai saang kum"
?
Phai sang yen ->
Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz
Phai si suk ->
does this name
really apply to Bambusa vulgaris ?
Phai song kham ->
Bambusa pallida Munro
Phai tia ->
Schizostachyum brachycladum (Munro) Kurz
Sedan (Shan) ->
Phyllostachys mannii Gamble
Tapat wa (Karen) ->
Neohouzeaua stricta R.
N. Parker
Thaw wkhwe (Karen) ->
Neohouzeaua helferi
(Munro) Gamble
Thaw hkai (Karen) ->
Neohouzeaua helferi
(Munro) Gamble
Thishe ->
Bambusa affinis
Munro
Ura (Kachin) ->
Dendrocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Kurz
Ura (Kachin) ->
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Munro
Ura (Kachin) -> ->
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Gamble
Usawi ->
Melocalamus
compactiflorus (Kurz)
Benth.
Wa ba ->
Cephalostachyum
virgatum (Munro)
Kurz
Wa bue (Karen) ->
Bambusa affinis
Munro
Wa byauk ->
Neohouzeaua
dullooa (Gamble) A.
Camus
Wa do ->
Gigantochloa
apus (Schult. &
Schult. f.) Kurz
Wa gya ->
Bambusa copelandii
Gamble ex Brandis
Wa keur (Karen) ->
Bambusa burmanica
Gamble
Waa klu (Karen) ->
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. ex Munro
Wa klu (Karen) ->
Bambusa tulda Roxb.
Wa khlu (Karen) ->
Dendrocalamus brandisii
(Munro) Kurz
Wa khu (Karen) ->
Bambusa tulda
Roxb.
Wa me ->
Bambusa marginata
Munro
Wa min -> Bambusa vulgaris
Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl. 'Wamin'
Wa min (Karen) ->
Bambusa
villosula Kurz
Wa mu (Karen) ->
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
Wa myin ->
Dendrocalamus longifimbriatus Gamble
Wa myin ->
Bambusa griffithiana Munro
Wa ni ->
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Munro
Wa nwe ->
Neohouzeaua helferi
(Munro) Gamble
Wa nwe ->
Melocalamus
compactiflorus (Kurz)
Benth.
Wa nwe kok ->
Melocalamus
compactiflorus (Kurz)
Benth.
Wa pado ->
Gigantochloa
apus (Schult. &
Schult. f.) Kurz
Wa phlong ->
Cephalostachyum
pergracile
Munro
Wa pyaw ->
Dendrocalamus longifimbriatus Gamble
Wa pyu ->
Dendrocalamus brandisii
(Munro) Kurz
Wa pyu ->
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
Wa pyu kale ->
Pseudoxytenanthera
albociliata (Munro)
Nguyen
Wa pyu san ->
Bambusa oliveriana
Gamble
Wa ra (Kachin) ->
Dendrocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Kurz
Wa ra (Kachin) ->
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Munro
Wa ra (Kachin) ->
Bambusa griffithiana Munro
Wa se ->
Neohouzeaua helferi
(Munro) Gamble
Wa su (Karen) ->
Bambusa tulda
Roxb.
Wa thabut ->
Neohouzeaua helferi
(Munro) Gamble
Wa thabut ->
Bambusa marginata
Munro
Wa ther ->
Bambusa burmanica
Gamble
Wa tho ->
Gigantochloa
apus (Schult. &
Schult. f.) Kurz
Wa ya ->
Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz
Wa zun ->
Neohouzeaua
dullooa (Gamble) A.
Camus
The above list includes words in 2 of the main languages spoken in
Burma / Myanmar, Karen and Shan, and a "dialect" from the State of
Kachin, north of Burma. Some can be transcribed into Thai, some may
not. Please let us know.
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