กา

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

กา f

  1. Thai script form of (who (f.))

Declension with implicit vowels:

Declension without implicit vowels:

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกา
k ā
RomanizationPaiboongaa
Royal Instituteka
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kaːᴬ (crow), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Lao ກາ (), Northern Thai ᨠᩣ, ᦂᦱ (k̇aa), Shan ၵႃ (kǎa), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣ (kaa), Tai Dam ꪀꪱ, Zhuang roegga, Tày ca.

Noun

กา • (gaa)

  1. crow (bird)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ກາ ().

Noun

กา • (gaa)

  1. teapot.
Derived terms
  • กาต้มน้ำ
  • พวยกา

Etymology 3

Elision from กากบาท (gaa-gà-bàat, to make a cross symbol).

Verb

กา • (gaa) (abstract noun การกา)

  1. to make or write a cross symbol.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • กา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Thavung

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *r-kaː. Cognate with Vietnamese . Compare Khmer រកា (rɔkaa, Year of the Rooster).

Noun

กา (transliteration needed)

  1. chicken

Western Lawa

Pronunciation

Verb

กา (ka)

  1. to roast; to grill.