งา

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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งา (transliteration needed)

  1. I; me

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicงา
ŋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonngaa
Royal Institutenga
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (sesame). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui qngal (sesame), Proto-Hlai *hŋɯː (sesame). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (sesame) (whence Tagalog linga) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (sesame) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).

Noun

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งา (ngaa) (classifier ต้น or เมล็ด or เม็ด)

  1. sesame.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (tusk; ivory), from Middle Chinese (MC ngae, “tooth; tusk”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa), Bouyei ngaz, Zhuang nyaz.

Noun

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งา (ngaa) (classifier กิ่ง)

  1. tusk; ivory.