ห่า

See also: ห้า and หา

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicห่า
h ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonhàa
Royal Instituteha
(standard) IPA(key)/haː˨˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *raːᴮ (“epidemic”). Cognate with Lao ຮ່າ (hā), Shan ႁႃႈ (hāa).

Noun

ห่า • (hàa)

  1. a spirit believed to be responsible for cholera, plague, rinderpest, anthrax.
  2. (โรค~) cholera; plague, rinderpest, anthrax.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *kraːᴮ (“gust (of rain)”). Cognate with Lao ຫ່າ (hā), Shan ႁႃႇ (hàa).

Noun

ห่า • (hàa)

  1. (archaic) a unit of rain water measured by monk's alms bowl (บาตร).
  2. shower (of rain or other object).
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