ขา
Thai
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ขา kʰ ā | |
Romanization | Paiboon | kǎa |
Royal Institute | kha | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kʰaː˩˩˦/(R) |
Etymology 1
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *qaːᴬ (“leg”), from Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Bouyei gal, Zhuang ga. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui bal and ggal (“leg”) and Proto-Kra *C-kaᴬ. Compare also Old Chinese 骹 (OC *kʰraːw, “leg”), Min languages 跤 (“leg, foot”), Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”).
Noun
ขา • (kǎa) (classifier ข้าง)
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Noun
ขา • (kǎa)
Pronoun
ขา • (kǎa)
- (archaic) a third person pronoun used to inclusively refer to two or more persons.
Related terms
- รา (raa)
See also
Archaic Thai personal pronouns
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exclusive | Inclusive | ||||
Informal | Singular | กู (guu) | มึง (mʉng) | มัน (man) | |
Dual | เผือ (pʉ̌ʉa) | รา (raa) | เขือ (kʉ̌ʉa) | ขา (kǎa) | |
Plural | ตู (dtuu) | เรา (rao) | สู (sǔu) | เขา (kǎo) | |
Formal | Singular | ข้า (kâa), ตู (dtuu), เรา (rao) | เจ้า (jâao), สู (sǔu) | เพื่อน (pʉ̂ʉan), เขา (kǎo) | |
Plural | ตูข้า | เราข้า | สูเจ้า | เขาเจ้า |
Particle
ขา • (kǎa)
- (women's speech) a familiar or disrespectful particle placed after an appellation, especially in an expression of doubt, interrogation, or suggestion.
Usage notes
- The interjection/particle was historically employed by male nobles, but in the modern day it is only used by women.
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