วัวทะเล

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English sea cow: from วัว (wuua, “cow; cattle; ox; bull”) +‎ ทะเล (tá-lee, “sea”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวัวทะเล
w ạ w d a e l
Phonemic
วัว-ทะ-เล
w ạ w – d a – e l
RomanizationPaiboonwuua-tá-lee
Royal Institutewua-tha-le
(standard) IPA(key)/wua̯˧.tʰa˦˥.leː˧/(R)

Noun

วัวทะเล • (wuua-tá-lee) (classifier ตัว)

  1. manatee; dugong.
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