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ปลา

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (fish). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩣ, Isan ปา, Lao ປາ (), ᦔᦱ (ṗaa), Tai Dam ꪜꪱ, Shan ပႃ (pǎa), Tai Nüa ᥙᥣ (paa), Ahom 𑜆𑜠 (pa) or 𑜆𑜡 (), Zhuang bya, Bouyei byal, Saek ปร๋า. Compare Proto-Be *ɓaːᴬ¹ (whence ɓa¹ in modern lects), Proto-Hlai *hlaː (fish) (whence ɗaː¹ ~ ɬaː¹ across different lects), Lakkia phla⁵¹.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicปลา
p l ā
Phonemic
ปฺลา
p ̥ l ā
RomanizationPaiboonbplaa
Royal Institutepla
(standard) IPA(key)/plaː˧/(R)

Noun

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ปลา (bplaa) (classifier ตัว)

  1. fish

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • ปลา” 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.