ชีว

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīvá, life).

Pronunciation

Orthographicชีว
d͡ʑ ī w
Phonemic
ชี-วะ
d͡ʑ ī – w a
RomanizationPaiboonchii-wá
Royal Institutechi-wa
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiː˧.waʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

ชีว • (chii-wá)

  1. (in compounds) life; bio-

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ชีว” 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.