เอว

Pali

Alternative forms

Particle

เอว

  1. Thai script form of eva (even)

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjeːwᴬ (waist),[1] from Middle Chinese (MC 'jiew, “waist”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩯ᩠ᩅ, Lao ແອວ (ʼǣu), Tai Dam ꪵꪮꪫ, Shan ဢႅဝ် (ʼěao), Zhuang yiu (dialectal).

Possibly related to เอี้ยว (îao, to twist, to bend (one's body)).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเอว
e ɒ w
Phonemic
{Short}
เอว
e ɒ w
เอ็ว
e ɒ ˘ w
RomanizationPaibooneeoeo
Royal Instituteeoeo
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔeːw˧/(R)/ʔew˧/(R)

Noun

เอว • (eeo)

  1. waist.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 325