ต้น
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tonꟲ² (“trunk; tree; origin”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Khün ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Lao ຕົ້ນ (ton), Lü ᦎᦳᧃᧉ (ṫun²), Shan တူၼ်ႈ (tūun), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥢᥲ (tòn), Phake တုꩫ် (tun), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫 (tun).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic/Phonemic | ต้น t ˆ n | |
Romanization | Paiboon | dtôn |
Royal Institute | ton | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /ton˥˩/(R) |
Noun
[edit]ต้น • (dtôn)
- tree (used to precede any plant's name) (classifier ต้น)
- trunk (of a tree); stalk.
- beginning; source.
Derived terms
[edit]Classifier
[edit]ต้น • (dtôn)
- Classifier for plants, posts and pillars. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
Derived terms
[edit]- เริ่มต้น (rə̂əm-dtôn)
See also
[edit]- ลำ (lam)