See also: คา and ค้า

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicค่า
g ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonkâa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesข้า
ฆ่า

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese (MC kaeH). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣ᩵ᩤ, Lao ຄ່າ (khā), ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Tày chá. Compare Vietnamese cả (as in giá cả).

Noun edit

ค่า (kâa)

  1. price, cost, fee.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Particle edit

ค่า (kâa)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of ค่ะ ()