เกล็ด

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kletᴰ, from Proto-Tai *klecꟲ, from Old Chinese (OC *kreːds, “shell; to wear armour”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖᩮᩢᨯ, Lao ເກັດ (ket), Tai Nüa ᥐᥥᥖᥱ (kět), ᦵᦂᧆ (k̇ed), Shan ၵဵတ်း (káet).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเกล็ด
e k l ˘ ɗ
Phonemic
เกฺล็ด
e k ̥ l ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonglèt
Royal Instituteklet
(standard) IPA(key)/klet̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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เกล็ด (glèt)

  1. scale (of fish).

References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.