ฟ้าผ่า

Thai

Etymology

From ฟ้า (fáa, “sky; heaven”) +‎ ผ่า (pàa); the latter came from Proto-Tai *praːꟲ (“thunder”)[1] (whence cognate with Zhuang byaj).

Pronunciation

Orthographicฟ้าผ่า
v ˆ ā pʰ ˋ ā
Phonemic
ฟ้า-ผ่า
v ˆ ā – pʰ ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonfáa-pàa
Royal Institutefa-pha
(standard) IPA(key)/faː˦˥.pʰaː˨˩/(R)
Audio

Noun

ฟ้าผ่า • (fáa-pàa)

  1. lightning.

Verb

ฟ้าผ่า • (fáa-pàa)

  1. (of lightning) to strike.

Adverb

ฟ้าผ่า • (fáa-pàa)

  1. (slang) suddenly, unexpectedly, or without warning, and shockingly.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 335
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