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กา

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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กา f

  1. Thai script form of (who (f.))

Declension with implicit vowels:

Declension without implicit vowels:

Sanskrit

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicกา
k ā
RomanizationPaiboongaa
Royal Instituteka
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *kaːᴬ (crow), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Lao ກາ (), Northern Thai ᨠᩣ, ᦂᦱ (k̇aa), Shan ၵႃ (kǎa), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣ (kaa), Tai Dam ꪀꪱ, Zhuang roegga, Tày ca.

Noun

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กา (gaa)

  1. crow (bird)
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Lao ກາ ().

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this a semantic extension of Etymology 1, owing to the crow-esque "beak" of a teapot whence the flow of tea or other liquids? Seems like it, considering the semantic identity of compounds like กาน้ำ (gaa-náam, teakettle).”

Noun

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กา (gaa)

  1. teapot
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Etymology 3

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Elision from กากบาท (gaa-gà-bàat, to make a cross symbol).

Verb

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กา (gaa) (abstract noun การกา)

  1. to make or write a cross symbol
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Further reading

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  • กา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Thavung

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *r-kaː. Cognate with Vietnamese . Compare Khmer រកា (rɔkaa, Year of the Rooster).

Noun

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กา (transliteration needed)

  1. chicken

Western Lawa

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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กา (ka)

  1. to roast; to grill.