ข่า

See also: ขา and ข้า

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xaːᴮ (galangal).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຂ່າ (khā), Zhuang haq (galangal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicข่า
kʰ ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonkàa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˨˩/(R)

Noun

ข่า • (kàa)

  1. galangal.

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 332

Further reading

  • ข่า” 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.