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ต้น

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Thai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tonꟲ² (trunk; tree; origin). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Khün ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Lao ຕົ້ນ (ton), ᦎᦳᧃᧉ (ṫun²), Shan တူၼ်ႈ (tūun), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥢᥲ (tòn), Phake တုꩫ် (tun), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫 (tun).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicต้น
t ˆ n
RomanizationPaiboondtôn
Royal Instituteton
(standard) IPA(key)/ton˥˩/(R)

Noun

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ต้น (dtôn)

  1. tree (used to precede any plant's name) (classifier ต้น)
    ต้นมะพร้าว
    dtôn má-práao
    coconut tree
  2. trunk (of a tree); stalk.
  3. beginning; source.

Derived terms

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Classifier

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ต้น (dtôn)

  1. Classifier for plants, posts and pillars.all nouns using this classifier

Derived terms

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See also

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