อ่าว
Thai
Etymology
Areal word; compare Middle Chinese 澳 (MC 'awH|'juwk, “inlet, bay”), Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw), Burmese အော် (au), Mon ဩ. Cognate with Lao ອ່າວ (ʼāo).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | อ่าว ɒ ˋ ā w | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanization | Paiboon | àao |
| Royal Institute | ao | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔaːw˨˩/(R) | |
Noun
อ่าว • (àao)
Derived terms
- ปากอ่าว
- อ่าวไทย (àao-tai)
- อ่าวเล็ก
Further reading
- “อ่าว” 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.