เป่า

See also: เปา and เป้า

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *powᴮ (“to blow”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເປົ່າ (pao), Lü ᦔᧁᧈ (ṗaw¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪜ꪿ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪜꪱꫀ, Tai Do pảu, Tày pấu, Shan ပဝ်ႇ (pào), Tai Nüa ᥙᥝᥱ (pǎw), Phake ပွ် (paw), Ahom 𑜆𑜧 (paw) or 𑜆𑜨𑜧 (pow), Zhuang boq, Zuojiang Zhuang baeuq.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicเป่า
e p ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonbpào
Royal Institutepao
(standard) IPA(key)/paw˨˩/(R)

Verb

เป่า • (bpào) (abstract noun การเป่า)

  1. to blow
  2. (colloquial) to shoot (a gun)
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