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Particle edit

เอว

  1. Thai script form of eva (even)

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *ˀjeːwᴬ (waist), from Middle Chinese (MC 'jiew, “waist”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩯ᩠ᩅ, Lao ແອວ (ʼǣu), Tai Dam ꪵꪮꪫ, Shan ဢႅဝ် (ʼěao), Zhuang yiu. Possibly related to เอี้ยว (îao, to twist, to bend (one's body)).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicเอว
e ɒ w
Phonemic
{Short}
เอว
e ɒ w
เอ็ว
e ɒ ˘ w
RomanizationPaibooneeoeo
Royal Instituteeoeo
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔeːw˧/(R)/ʔew˧/(R)

Noun edit

เอว (eeo)

  1. waist.

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