คา

See also: ค่า and ค้า

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicคา
g ā
RomanizationPaiboonkaa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˧/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 枷 (MC ɡɨɑ, kˠa, “cangue”). Cognate with Lao ຄາ (khā).

Verb

คา • (kaa) (abstract noun การคา)

  1. to be stuck, to be lodged in.
  2. to be left unfinished.

Noun

คา • (kaa)

  1. shackles for prisoner's neck, pillory, cangue.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɣaːᴬ (“thatch grass”). Cognate with Lao ຄາ (khā), Shan ၶႃး (kháa). Compare Proto-Hlai *Ciɦaː (“thatch grass”) (> haː¹~zaː¹~hjaː¹ across the different lects), Sui yal (“thatch grass”).

Noun

คา • (kaa) (classifier ต้น)

  1. (หญ้า~) cogon grass, thatch grass (Imperata cylindrica).
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