กระเชอ

Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

Possibly from corruption of Thai กรรเชอ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kañje (large woven basket), thus cognate with Modern Khmer កញ្ជើ (kɑñcəə).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicกระเชอ
k r a e d͡ʑ ɒ
Phonemic
กฺระ-เชอ
k ̥ r a – e d͡ʑ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboongrà-chəə
Royal Institutekra-choe
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.t͡ɕʰɤː˧/(R)

Noun edit

กระเชอ (grà-chəə)

  1. krachoe, a type of widemouthed woven basket, often with no handle.
  2. (archaic) a unit of volume, equivalent to the amount this basket would hold. The standardised unit corresponds to 5 litres.

Derived terms edit