วอ
Thai edit
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic/Phonemic | วอ w ɒ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | wɔɔ |
Royal Institute | wo | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /wɔː˧/(R) | |
Homophones |
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Mon ဝဝ်. Cognate with Lao ວໍ (wǭ), Khün ᩅᩳ, Shan ဝေႃး (wáu), Khmer វ (vɔɔ), and Burmese ဝေါ (wau:).
Noun edit
วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier หลัง or องค์)
Derived terms edit
- คางคกขึ้นวอ (kaang-kók-kʉ̂n-wɔɔ)
- รถวอ
- วอพระประเทียบ
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps from the two-way radio lingo, in which each call is started with the code ว. (wɔɔ), standing for วิทยุ (wít-tá-yú, “radio”).[1]
Noun edit
วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier เครื่อง)
- (slang) two-way radio; transceiver thereof.