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ปาก

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicปาก
p ā k
RomanizationPaiboonbpàak
Royal Institutepak
(standard) IPA(key)/paːk̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (mouth).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ປາກ (pāk), Shan ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak), ᦔᦱᧅ (ṗaak), Tai Dam ꪜꪱꪀ, Ahom 𑜆𑜀𑜫 (pak), Tai Nüa ᥙᥣᥐᥱ (pǎak).

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang baeg.

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang bak, Saek ป̄าก.

Compare Southern Kam bags (mouth), Proto-Be *ɓaːkᴰ¹ (mouth) (whence ɓak⁷ in modern lects).

Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq (whence Cebuano baba, Eastern Cham ꨚꨝꩍ (pabah), Hawaiian waha).

Noun

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ปาก (bpàak)

  1. (anatomy) mouth; lip; oral cavity.
  2. mouth; opening; entrance.
  3. (as of a river) mouth; estuary.
  4. speech; utterance; voice.

Verb

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ปาก (bpàak)

  1. to speak; to utter; to voice.

Classifier

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ปาก (bpàak)

  1. Classifier for nets, as fishing nets.
  2. (law) Classifier for witnesses.

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC paek).

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ປາກ (pāk), ᦔᦱᧅ (ṗaak), Shan ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang bak.

Numeral

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ปาก (bpàak)

  1. (archaic) hundred.
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 323

Further reading

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  • ปาก” 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.