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ช้า

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicช้า
d͡ʑ ˆ ā
RomanizationPaibooncháa
Royal Institutecha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

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Compare Lao ຊ້າ ().

Adjective

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ช้า (cháa) (abstract noun ความช้า)

  1. slow, not quick
    Antonym: เร็ว (reo)
    พูดช้าลงหน่อย  ―  pûut cháa long nɔ̀i  ―  speak a little slower
  2. late, not arriving until after an expected time
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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. Particularly: “Semantic shift from the "slow, late" sense of Etymology 1?”)

Adjective

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ช้า (cháa) (abstract noun ความช้า)

  1. bad, evil, base
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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.)

Noun

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ช้า (cháa)

  1. cemetery
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Further reading

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  • ช้า” 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.