Thai edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Lao ໂສ້ (), Northern Thai ᩈᩰ᩶, Khün ᩈ᩠ᩅᩫ᩶, Tai Dam ꪶꪎ꫁. Compare Old Chinese (OC *soːlʔ, “lock”).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicโซ่
o z ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonsôo
Royal Instituteso
(standard) IPA(key)/soː˥˩/(R)

Noun edit

โซ่ (sôo) (classifier เส้น)

  1. chain.