มะเขือ

Thai

Etymology

From elision of หมากเขือ. เขือ (kʉ̌ʉa) is ultimately from Middle Chinese 茄 (MC ɡɨɑ, “eggplant; aubergine”). Cognate with Lao ໝາກເຂືອ (māk khư̄a), Shan မၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ် (màak khǒe).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		มะเขือ m a e kʰ ụ̄ ɒ
Phonemic		มะ-เขือ m a – e kʰ ụ̄ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	má-kʉ̌ʉa
	Royal Institute	ma-khuea
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ma˦˥.kʰɯa̯˩˩˦/

Noun

มะเขือ • (má-kʉ̌ʉa)

eggplant, aubergine.

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