อ้า

See also: อา and อา.

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːꟲ (to open (the mouth)).[1]

Cognate with Tày , Zhuang aj.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอ้า
ɒ ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonâa
Royal Institutea
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˥˩/(R)

Verb

อ้า • (âa) (abstract noun การอ้า)

  1. to open.
  2. to be opened.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 349