กวา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 瓜 (guā, “melon, gourd, cucumber”). Cognate with Zhuang gve and Bouyei gval.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกวา
k w ā
RomanizationPaiboongwaa
Royal Institutekwa
(standard) IPA(key)/kwaː˧/(R)

Noun

กวา • (gwaa) (classifier ลูก)

  1. (botany) cucumber

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “กวา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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