แพะ

Nyah Kur

Etymology

From Old Mon ဗၜေအ် (baṗeʼ), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bəɓeʔ (“goat”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Khmer ពពែ (pɔpɛɛ), Mon ဗ္ၜေံ, Chong แพ่ะ, Thai แพะ (pɛ́), Tày bẻ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰæʔ/

Noun

แพะ (phaeʼ)

1. goat.

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bəɓeʔ (“goat”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Khmer ពពែ (pɔpɛɛ), Mon ဗ္ၜေံ, Nyah Kur แพะ, Chong แพ่ะ, Tày bẻ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		แพะ æ b a
Romanization	Paiboon	pɛ́
	Royal Institute	phae
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰɛʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

แพะ • (pɛ́) (classifier ตัว)

1. (zoology) goat.
2. (เนื้อ~) goatmeat; chevon.
3. Clipping of แพะรับบาป (pɛ́-ráp-bàap, “scapegoat”).

Descendants

• → Northern Thai: ᨻᩯᩡ
• → Lao: ແພະ (phæ)