เสา

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *sawᴬ (pillar). Cognate with Lao ເສົາ (sao), ᦉᧁ (ṡaw), Shan သဝ် (sǎo), Tai Nüa ᥔᥝᥴ (sáw), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw), Zhuang saeu, Zuojiang Zhuang sieu.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเสา
e s ā
RomanizationPaiboonsǎo
Royal Institutesao
(standard) IPA(key)/saw˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesเศาร์
เสาร์

Noun

เสา • (sǎo) (classifier ต้น)

  1. pole; pillar; post; stake; stilt

Derived terms

Further reading

  • เสา” 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.