มะละกอ

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay Melaka (Melacca).[1] Doublet of มะละกา (má-lá-gaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมะละกอ
m a l a k ɒ
Phonemic
มะ-ละ-กอ
m a – l a – k ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-lá-gɔɔ
Royal Institutema-la-ko
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.la˦˥.kɔː˧/(R)

Noun

มะละกอ • (má-lá-gɔɔ)

  1. papaya

Derived terms

  • ต้นมะละกอ

References

Further reading

  • มะละกอ” 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.