Thai edit

Etymology edit

Corruption of ถ้าว่า (tâa-wâa, if to say).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicทว่า
d w ˋ ā
Phonemic
ทะ-ว่า
d a – w ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboontá-wâa
Royal Institutetha-wa
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.waː˥˩/(R)

Conjunction edit

ทว่า (tá-wâa)

  1. (formal, elegant) but; however; yet.