ตะกั่ว

Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of ตะกั่วป่า that was corrupted from "ตะโกลา", a city in Srivijaya empire, which its name was in turn borrowed from Tamil தக்கோலம் (takkōlam).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicตะกั่ว
t a k ạ ˋ w
Phonemic
ตะ-กั่ว
t a – k ạ ˋ w
RomanizationPaiboondtà-gùua
Royal Instituteta-kua
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.kua̯˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ตะกั่ว (dtà-gùua)

  1. lead (metal).
  2. (archaic) tin (metal).

Derived terms edit