ทานข้าว

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Lit.: ทาน (taan) + ข้าว (kâao): "to eat rice, (by extension) food". Cf. to similar expressions in other languages, e.g. Chinese 吃飯吃饭 (chīfàn, “to eat rice/food”), Vietnamese ăn cơm (to eat rice/food)

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicทานข้าว
d ā n kʰ ˆ ā w
Phonemic
ทาน-ค่าว
d ā n – g ˋ ā w
RomanizationPaiboontaan-kâao
Royal Institutethan-khao
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːn˧.kʰaːw˥˩/(R)

Verb edit

ทานข้าว (taan-kâao) (abstract noun การทานข้าว)

  1. (nonstandard) to eat food; to have a meal

Synonyms edit