เกาะ

Northern Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเกาะ
e k ā a
RomanizationPaiboongɔ̌
Royal Instituteko
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/kɔʔ˦˦˥/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/kɔʔ˦˦˥/

Noun

เกาะ • (transliteration needed)

  1. alternative spelling of ᨠᩰᩬᩡ (island)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเกาะ
e k ā a
RomanizationPaiboongɔ̀
Royal Instituteko
(standard) IPA(key)/kɔʔ˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (island). Cognate with Mon တကံ (tkɔˀ), Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Chong kɑʔ, Nyah Kur เกาะ, Lao ເກາະ (), Vietnamese and Mal kɔʔ.

Noun

เกาะ • (gɔ̀) (classifier เกาะ or แห่ง)

  1. (geography) tract of land surrounded by water: isle, island, islet, etc
  2. used as a title for such tract of land
  3. (now rare) grove; thicket; copse
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ເກາະ ().

Verb

เกาะ • (gɔ̀) (abstract noun การเกาะ)

  1. (transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip; to seize; to clutch
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to apprehend; to arrest
  3. (transitive) to adhere (to); to stick (to); to cling (to)
Derived terms