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ข้อ

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See also: ขอ and ขื่อ

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *χoːꟲ (joint).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩬᩴ᩶ or ᨢᩬᩴ᩶, Lao ຂໍ້ (khǭ).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang hoh.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicข้อ
kʰ ˆ ɒ
Phonemic
ค่อ
g ˋ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonkɔ̂ɔ
Royal Institutekho
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɔː˥˩/(R)

Noun

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ข้อ (kɔ̂ɔ)

  1. (anatomy) joint
  2. part; section
  3. point; item
  4. issue
  5. thing; matter

Classifier

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ข้อ (kɔ̂ɔ)

  1. Classifier for the above nouns

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 324

Further reading

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  • ข้อ” 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.