วัวทะเล

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of English sea cow: from วัว (wuua, cow; cattle; ox; bull) +‎ ทะเล (tá-lee, sea).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicวัวทะเล
w ạ w d a e l
Phonemic
วัว-ทะ-เล
w ạ w – d a – e l
RomanizationPaiboonwuua-tá-lee
Royal Institutewua-tha-le
(standard) IPA(key)/wua̯˧.tʰa˦˥.leː˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

วัวทะเล (wuua-tá-lee) (classifier ตัว)

  1. manatee; dugong.