Thai

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), from Mon ထဝဲါ (to sit cross-legged).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicทวาย
d w ā y
Phonemic
ทะ-วาย
d a – w ā y
RomanizationPaiboontá-waai
Royal Institutetha-wai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.waːj˧/(R)
Homophonesทะวาย

Proper noun

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ทวาย (tá-waai)

  1. Dawei (a city in Myanmar)