หนา

See also: หน้า

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːᴬ (thick). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ, Lao ໜາ (), ᦐᦱ (ṅaa), Tai Dam ꪘꪱ, Tai Dón ꪘꪱ, Tày na, Shan ၼႃ (nǎa), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥴ (láa) or ᥢᥣᥴ (náa), Aiton ꩫႃ (), Phake ꩫႃ (), Ahom 𑜃𑜡 (), Bouyei nal, Zhuang na. Compare Sui qnal, Southern Kam nal, Proto-Hlai *C-naː (whence naː¹~naː⁴~naː³ across the different lects).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหนา
h n ā
Phonemic
หฺนา
h ̥ n ā
RomanizationPaiboonnǎa
Royal Institutena
(standard) IPA(key)/naː˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

หนา • (nǎa) (abstract noun ความหนา)

  1. thick

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Further reading

  • หนา” 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.