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ชา

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See also: ช้า

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชา
d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboonchaa
Royal Institutecha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɟaːᴬ (tea);[1] possibly late borrowing from Chinese (chá).[2]

Cognate with Lao ຊາ (), Zhuang caz.

Noun

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ชา (chaa)

  1. tea.
    น้ำชา
    náam chaa
    tea (drink)
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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ชา (chaa) (abstract noun ความชา)

  1. numb.
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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ชา (chaa) (abstract noun การชา)

  1. used in ลือชา (lʉʉ-chaa, to be well-known, widely spoken of)
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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 332
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 366

Further reading

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  • ชา” 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.