Thai edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Mon-Khmer *braaw.[1] Compare Mon ဗြဴ. Thavung มากพ้าว is a back-loan from Thai.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicพร้าว
b r ˆ ā w
Phonemic
พฺร้าว
b ̥ r ˆ ā w
RomanizationPaiboonpráao
Royal Institutephrao
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰraːw˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

พร้าว (práao)

  1. (archaic) coconut.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry #1852. p. 476