สำเภา

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Burmese သင်္ဘော (sangbhau:), Lao ສຳເພົາ (sam phao) or ສະເພົາ (sa phao), Khmer សំពៅ (sɑmpɨw).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicสำเภา
s å e bʰ ā
Phonemic
สำ-เพา
s å – e b ā
RomanizationPaiboonsǎm-pao
Royal Institutesam-phao
(standard) IPA(key)/sam˩˩˦.pʰaw˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

สำเภา (sǎm-pao)

  1. a type of a sailboat in Asia and Southeast Asia; junk; argosy.
  2. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus, tree of the family Peraceae (formerly Euphorbiaceae)