Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicโต๊ะ
o t ˊ a
RomanizationPaiboondtó
Royal Instituteto
(standard) IPA(key)/toʔ˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Teochew (doh4, table; desk). Cognate with Lao ໂຕະ (to), Khmer តុ (tok).

Noun edit

โต๊ะ (dtó) (classifier ตัว or โต๊ะ)

  1. table; desk.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

โต๊ะ (dtó) (classifier ใบ or ลูก)

  1. (dialect) Alternative form of โตก (dtòok)
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Etymology 3 edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay tok (grandfather) or from clipping of Malay datuk (grandfather, also used as a title of distinction), from which Thai ดะโต๊ะ is derived.

Noun edit

โต๊ะ (dtó)

  1. (Islam) used as a respectful term of address or title.
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