คา

See also: ค่า and ค้า

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคา
g ā
RomanizationPaiboonkaa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *gaːᴬ (“stuck”),[1] Old Chinese 枷 (OC *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl, “cangue”).

Cognate with Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦅᦱ (kaa), Saek ค๊า, Tày cà, Zhuang gaz.

Noun

คา • (kaa)

  1. (archaic) shackles for prisoner's neck, pillory, cangue.

Verb

คา • (kaa) (abstract noun การคา)

  1. to be stuck, to be lodged in.
  2. to be left unfinished.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɣaːᴬ (“thatch grass”).[2]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩣ, Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦆᦱ (xaa), Shan ၶႃး (kháa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥰ (xäa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Tày cà, Zhuang haz and gaz (dialectal).

Compare Proto-Hlai *Ciɦaː (“thatch grass”) (> haː¹~zaː¹~hjaː¹ across the different lects), Sui yal (“thatch grass”).

Noun

คา • (kaa) (classifier ต้น)

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References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 334
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 349
  1. (หญ้า~) cogon grass, thatch grass (Imperata cylindrica).
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