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Adverb edit

ตาว (tāva)

  1. Thai script form of tāva

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Compare Middle Chinese (MC taw, “knife”). Cognate with Lao ຕາວ (tāo), Shan တၢဝ် (tǎao), Ahom 𑜄𑜧 (taw).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicตาว
t ā w
RomanizationPaiboondtaao
Royal Institutetao
(standard) IPA(key)/taːw˧/(R)

Noun edit

ตาว (dtaao)

  1. (archaic) long knife; sword.