กาว

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Nyah Kur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ (flower). Cognate with Mon ပ္ကဴ (flower) and ကဴ (to flower), Khmer ផ្កា (phkaa), Bahnar pơkao.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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กาว (kaaw)

  1. flower.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicกาว
k ā w
RomanizationPaiboongaao
Royal Institutekao
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːw˧/(R)
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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese (MC kaew, “glue”). Cognate with Lao ກາວ (kāo), Burmese ကော် (kau), Khmer កាវ (kaaw), Vietnamese keo.

Noun

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กาว (gaao)

  1. adhesive, as glue, rubber cement, adhesive tape, etc.
  2. sniffing glue, a type of addictive inhalant.
Derived terms
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Adjective

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กาว (gaao) (abstract noun ความกาว)

  1. (slang, humorous) crazy, silly, or out of one's mind, as if being intoxicated with glue.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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กาว (gaao)

  1. (historical) an ethnic group living in present-day Northern Thailand and Northeastern Thailand; person belonging to this group.