วอ
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Thai
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic/Phonemic | วอ w ɒ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | wɔɔ |
Royal Institute | wo | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /wɔː˧/(R) | |
Homophones |
Etymology 1
[edit]Possibly from Mon ဝဝ်. Cognate with Lao ວໍ (wǭ), Khün ᩅᩳ, Shan ဝေႃး (wáu), Khmer វ (vɔɔ), and Burmese ဝေါ (wau:).
Noun
[edit]วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier หลัง or องค์)
Derived terms
[edit]- คางคกขึ้นวอ (kaang-kók-kʉ̂n-wɔɔ)
- รถวอ
- วอพระประเทียบ
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps from the two-way radio lingo, in which each call is started with the code ว. (wɔɔ), standing for วิทยุ (wít-tá-yú, “radio”).[1]
Noun
[edit]วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier เครื่อง)
- (slang) two-way radio; transceiver thereof.