บุพการี

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali pubbakārī (literally one who does first; one who is first to do favour), from pubba (first; primary; etc) + kārī (doer); equivalent to Thai บุพ (bùp) +‎ การี. Cognate with Modern Khmer បុព្វការី (bopvɔɔkaarii).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicบุพการี
ɓ u b k ā r ī
Phonemic
บุบ-พะ-กา-รี
ɓ u ɓ – b a – k ā – r ī
RomanizationPaiboonbùp-pá-gaa-rii
Royal Institutebup-pha-ka-ri
(standard) IPA(key)/bup̚˨˩.pʰa˦˥.kaː˧.riː˧/(R)

Noun

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บุพการี (bùp-pá-gaa-rii) (classifier คน)

  1. (formal, elegant) (law: ผู้~) ancestor, as father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, etc.

Antonyms

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