ตา

Chong

Noun

ตา (transliteration needed)

  1. maternal grandfather
  2. duck

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตา
t ā
RomanizationPaiboondtaa
Royal Instituteta
(standard) IPA(key)/taː˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal.

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier คน)

  1. maternal grandfather.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (taa), Zhuang da, Bouyei dal. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”), Proto-Austronesian *mata (“eye”).

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier ดวง or ตา)

  1. (anatomy) eye.
  2. time; turn; moment.
  3. (botany) bud
Derived terms
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