เผา

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰawᴬ¹ (“to burn (tr.)”), from Proto-Tai *prawᴬ (“to burn (tr.)”). Compare Middle Chinese 炮 (MC baew, “to roast; to burn”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨹᩮᩢᩣ, Khün ᨹᩮᩢᩣ, Isan เผา, Lao ເຜົາ (phao), Lü ᦕᧁ (ṗhaw), Tai Dam ꪹꪠꪱ (faw1), Tai Dón ꪹꪞꪱ (phaw1), Tai Daeng ꪹꪠꪱ (faw1), Shan ၽဝ် (phǎo), Tai Nüa ᥚᥝᥴ (pháw), Ahom 𑜇𑜧 (phaw), Southern Thai เพ่า, Zhuang byaeu.

เผา • (pǎo) (abstract noun การเผา)

1. (transitive) to burn; to combust.
2. (transitive) to roast: to cook by direct exposure to fire or heat.
3. (slang) to do something in a quick-and-dirty or slapdash manner.
4. (slang) to dish the dirt on; to gossip about; to speak ill of.