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กิริยา

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali kiriyā (action; deed; performance). Related to กริยา (grì-yaa). Cognate with Lao ກິລິຍາ (ki li nyā), ກິຣິຍາ (ki ri nyā).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกิริยา
k i r i y ā
Phonemic
กิ-ริ-ยา
k i – r i – y ā
RomanizationPaiboongì-rí-yaa
Royal Instituteki-ri-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/ki˨˩.ri˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

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กิริยา (gì-rí-yaa)

  1. verb
  2. behavior; manners; act; deportment

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • กิริยา” 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.