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หน่วย

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicหน่วย
h n ˋ w y
Phonemic
หฺน่วย
h ̥ n ˋ w y
RomanizationPaiboonnùai
Royal Institutenuai
(standard) IPA(key)/nua̯j˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Lao ໜ່ວຍ (nuāi).

Noun

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หน่วย (nùai) (classifier หน่วย)

  1. unit; division; group; department
  2. fruit; eyeball

Classifier

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หน่วย (nùai)

  1. Classifier for units, divisions and departments.

Derived terms

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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 Etymology 1?”)

Noun

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หน่วย (nùai)

  1. used in หน่วยก้าน (nùai-gâan, bearing, manner, manners, breeding)
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • หน่วย” 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.