Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *siəwᴮ.[1]

Cognate with Lao ສິ່ວ (siu), Shan သိဝ်ႇ (sìo), Zhuang siuq, Nong Zhuang seuq.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicสิ่ว
s i ˋ w
RomanizationPaiboonsìu
Royal Institutesio
(standard) IPA(key)/siw˨˩/(R)

Noun

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สิ่ว (sìu) (classifier เล่ม or ปาก)

  1. chisel

References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 339