อุปมา

Thai

Etymology

From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”); cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (’ŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (’u pa mā). Also compare อุปไมย (ùp-bpà-mai).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอุปมา
ɒ u p m ā
Phonemicอุบ-ปะ-มา
ɒ u ɓ – p a – m ā
RomanizationPaiboonùp-bpà-maa
Royal Instituteup-pa-ma
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.maː˧/

Noun

อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)

  1. simile; metaphor.

Synonyms

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