ขา

See also: ข่า and ข้า

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicขา
kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonkǎa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˩˩˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khaa), Zhuang ga. Compare Old Chinese 骹 (OC *kʰraːw, “leg”), Min languages 跤 (“leg, foot”), Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”).

Noun

ขา • (kǎa)

  1. (anatomy) leg.
  2. something resembling or suggesting a leg or legs, as a table leg, chair leg, trouser leg, easel, tripod, etc.

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

ขา • (kǎa)

  1. (archaic) a traditional unit of gold weight, being a subunit of บาท (bàat).
  2. (colloquial) occasion, time; round, turn.
  3. (colloquial) person.
  4. (colloquial) ally; comrade; mate; partner.
  5. (especially in an illegal or wrongful activity, as gambling, cardplaying, etc) participant.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ขา • (kǎa)

  1. (archaic) a third person pronoun used to inclusively refer to two or more persons.

Etymology 4

Interjection

ขา • (kǎa)

  1. used to express affirmation, assent, or acknowledgment.

Particle

ขา • (kǎa)

  1. a familiar or disrespectful particle placed after an appellation, especially in an expression of doubt, interrogation, or suggestion.
Usage notes
  • The interjection/particle was formerly employed by male nobles, but now it is only used by females.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.