เท้า

See also: เทา and เท่า

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) เท้าว

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *dawꟲ (walking cane).[1]

Cognate with Lao ເທົ້າ (thao), Northern Thai ᨴᩮᩢ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨴᩮᩢ᩶ᩤ, ᦑᧁᧉ (taw²), Shan တဝ်ႉ (tâ̰o), Zhuang daeux (to support; walking cane), Zuojiang Zhuang taeux.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเท้า
e d ˆ ā
Phonemic
ท้าว
d ˆ ā w
RomanizationPaiboontáao
Royal Institutethao
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːw˦˥/(R)
Homophonesท้าว

Noun

เท้า • (táao)

  1. (anatomy, polite) (classifer ข้าง or คู่) foot: the terminal part of the leg.
  2. (dated) leg: tall, slender support for a piece of furniture.

Synonyms

anatomy

Derived terms

Verb

เท้า • (táao) (abstract noun การเท้า)

  1. to lean on; to rest on; to be supported.
  2. to support.
  3. to refer to.

References

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