ป้า
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *paːꟲ (“parent's older sister”). Cognate with Lao ປ້າ (pā), Lü ᦔᦱᧉ (ṗaa²), Shan ပႃႈ (pāa), Tai Dam ꪜ꫁ꪱ, Ahom 𑜆𑜡 (pā), Zhuang baj, Saek ป̂า.
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic/Phonemic | ป้า p ˆ ā | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bpâa |
Royal Institute | pa | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /paː˥˩/(R) |
Noun
[edit]- elder sister of one's parent.
- (sometimes derogatory or offensive) a title or term of address for any elderly woman, especially that of relative age to an elder sister of one's parent.
- (sometimes derogatory or offensive) aging woman.
- (slang, sometimes humorous) aging male homosexual.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Thai terms inherited from Proto-Tai
- Thai terms derived from Proto-Tai
- Rhymes:Thai/aː
- Thai terms with IPA pronunciation
- Thai 1-syllable words
- Thai lemmas
- Thai nouns
- Thai nouns classified by คน
- Thai derogatory terms
- Thai offensive terms
- Thai slang
- Thai humorous terms
- Thai terms of address
- th:Family
- th:Female
- th:Titles
- th:LGBTQ