คาว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣaːwᴬ (“fishy”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຄາວ (khāo), Lü ᦆᦱᧁ (xaaw), Shan ၶႅဝ်း (khéao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥝᥰ (xäew) or ᥔᥦᥝᥰ (säew), Saek กฺ๊าว, Zhuang hauz in haeuhauz (“fishy”) (dialectal).

Compare Proto-Hlai *kʰaːw (“smelly”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคาว
g ā w
RomanizationPaiboonkaao
Royal Institutekhao
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːw˧/(R)

Noun

คาว • (kaao)

  1. smell of fish
  2. (อาหาร~) or (ของ~) meat dish

Adjective

คาว • (kaao) (abstract noun ความคาว)

  1. fishy; smelly

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 344
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