เป่า
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *powᴮ (“to blow”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເປົ່າ (pao), Lü ᦔᧁᧈ (ṗaw¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪜ꪿ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪜꪱꫀ, Tai Do pảu, Tày pấu, Shan ပဝ်ႇ (pào), Tai Nüa ᥙᥝᥱ (pǎw), Phake ပွ် (paw), Ahom 𑜆𑜧 (paw) or 𑜆𑜨𑜧 (pow), Zhuang boq, Zuojiang Zhuang baeuq.
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic/Phonemic | เป่า e p ˋ ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bpào |
| Royal Institute | pao | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /paw˨˩/(R) | |
Verb edit
เป่า • (bpào) (abstract noun การเป่า)
- to blow
- (colloquial) to shoot (a gun)