Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ɡiəwꟲ (to chew). Cognate with Lao ຄ້ຽວ (khiāu), Shan ၵဵဝ်ႉ (kâ̰eo), Tai Dam ꪵꪁ꫁ꪫ, Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜈𑜫 (kiw), Zuojiang Zhuang keux, Zhuang geux.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicเคี้ยว
e g ī ˆ y w
RomanizationPaiboonkíao
Royal Institutekhiao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰia̯w˦˥/(R)

Verb

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เคี้ยว (kíao) (abstract noun การเคี้ยว)

  1. to chew.