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[Richard Cook]

Gedney says "nuea"/"n�" is a Thai word for 'north/northern' ... looks 
as if the syllable in this name gets written many different ways ... 
le, lu, l�, l�e, lue, n�, n�a, n�e, neua, nuea ... at least it's 
possibly the same syllable.

Here are some references:

Gedney, William J. 1976. "Notes on Tai Nuea". In _Tai Linguistics in 
Honor of Fang-kuei Li. (Gething et al. eds.) Bangkok. [62-102].

Morez, L. N. 1978. _Jazyk Ly_. Moskow: Nauka.

Seree Weroha. 1974. _Tai Lue / English Dictionary_. 2 Vol. Univ. 
Michigan.