See also: เงา

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicเง่า
e ŋ ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonngâo
Royal Institutengao
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaw˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

เง่า (ngâo)

  1. Obsolete form of เหง้า (ngâo).

Etymology 2 edit

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦ᩵ᩣ᩠ᩅ, Isan ง่าว, Lao ງ່າວ (ngāo). Possibly ralted to โง่ (ngôo).

Adjective edit

เง่า (ngâo)

  1. (in compounds) stupid; foolish.
Derived terms edit