ตะกั่ว

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) ตกั่ว

Etymology

Clipping of ตะกั่วป่า that was corrupted from "ตะโกลา", a city in Srivijaya empire, which its name was in turn borrowed from Tamil தக்கோலம் (takkōlam).

Pronunciation

Orthographicตะกั่ว
t a k ạ ˋ w
Phonemic
ตะ-กั่ว
t a – k ạ ˋ w
RomanizationPaiboondtà-gùua
Royal Instituteta-kua
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.kua̯˨˩/(R)

Noun

ตะกั่ว • (dtà-gùua)

  1. lead (metal).
  2. (archaic) tin (metal).

Derived terms

  • ลูกตะกั่ว (lûuk-dtà-gùua)
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