กล้า

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicกล้า
k l ˆ ā
Phonemic
กฺล้า
k ̥ l ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonglâa
Royal Institutekla
(standard) IPA(key)/klaː˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *klaːꟲ (“rice seedling”), from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ (“rice seedling”), from Old Chinese 稼 (OC *kraːs, “sow crops”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (kā), Lü ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥲ (kàa), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Tày chả.

Noun[edit]

กล้า • (glâa)

  1. rice seedling.

Etymology 2[edit]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (kā), Lü ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²).

Verb[edit]

กล้า • (glâa) (abstract noun การกล้า or ความกล้า)

  1. to be brave.
Descendants[edit]
  • (to be brave): → Khmer: ក្លា (klaa)

Adjective[edit]

กล้า • (glâa) (abstract noun ความกล้า)

  1. hard.
  2. strong (sense or feeling).

References[edit]

  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.
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