ชา

See also: ช้า

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชา
d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonchaa
Royal Institutecha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)
Audio

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɟaːᴬ (“tea”);[1] possibly late borrowing from Chinese 茶 (chá).[2]

Cognate with Lao ຊາ (sā), Zhuang caz.

Noun

ชา • (chaa)

  1. tea.
    น้ำ
    náam chaa
    tea (drink)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ชา • (chaa) (abstract noun ความชา)

  1. numb.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 332
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 366
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