Thai edit

 
braided hair
 
little egret
 
tufted duck
 
falcated duck

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicเปีย
e p ī y
RomanizationPaiboonbpiia
Royal Institutepia
(standard) IPA(key)/pia̯˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Teochew (bang7, poin7, bain7) or Hokkien (pān), according to SEAlang.[1] Compare Chinese (biān), (biàn). Cognate with Lao ເປັຽ (pīa).

Noun edit

เปีย (bpiia)

  1. (of hair, thread, garland, etc) braid.

Verb edit

เปีย (bpiia) (abstract noun การเปีย)

  1. (of hair, thread, garland, etc) to braid.
References edit
  1. ^ SEAlang (n.d.) Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai[1], SEAlang, retrieved 2017-10-21

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

เปีย (bpiia) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) little egret: the bird Egretta garzetta of the family Ardeidae.
  2. (zoology) tufted duck: the bird Aythya fuligula of the family Anatidae.
  3. (zoology) falcated duck: the bird Anas falcata of the family Anatidae.
Synonyms edit
falcated duck
Derived terms edit