ᨹ᩵ᩣ

Northern Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰaːᴮ¹ (“to split; to hew”), from Middle Chinese 破 (MC phaH, “to break; to cut open”). Cognate with Thai ผ่า (pàa), Lao ຜ່າ (phā), Lü ᦕᦱᧈ (ṗhaa¹), Shan ၽႃႇ (phàa), Tai Nüa ᥚᥣᥱ (phǎa), Phake ၸ︀ႃ (phā), Ahom 𑜇𑜡 (phā).

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨹ᩵ᩣ
Phonemicผ่า
pʰ ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonpàa
Royal Institutepha
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/pʰaː˨˩/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/pʰaː˩˩/

Verb

ᨹ᩵ᩣ • (transliteration needed) (abstract noun ᨠᩣ᩠ᩁᨹ᩵ᩣ)

  1. to cut up; to split, to divide.
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