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หัว

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See also: หวี and หิว

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicหัว
h ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonhǔua
Royal Institutehua
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

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Pittayaporn (2009) reconstructed Proto-Tai *truəᴬ (“head”)[1] while noting that it might in fact be a post-Proto-Tai loanword.[2]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᩅᩫ, Lao ຫົວ (hūa), Lü ᦷᦠ (ḣo), Tai Dam ꪬꪺ, Shan ႁူဝ် (hǒ), Tày thua, Ahom 𑜑𑜥 (hū) or 𑜍𑜥 (rū) or 𑜍𑜤𑜈𑜫 (ruw).

In other Tai, Zuojiang Zhuang hu (Ningming and Longzhou dialects)[3] or vuo (Daxin dialect).[3]

Compare Chinese 頭 (MC duw).[2]

Noun

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หัว • (hǔua)

  1. head:
    1. (anatomy) the upper part of the body. (Classifier: หัว)
    2. chief; leader.
    3. top; peak; summit. (Classifiers: หัว or ยอด)
    4. front; forepart; foremost part; beginning part; initial part; upper part.
    5. headline; heading.
    6. (colloquial) headhair.
    7. (colloquial) brain.
    8. (colloquial) intelligence; wisdom.
    9. (colloquial) idea; opinion; view.
    10. circle part of a Thai letter, that is the start point to write the letter. (Classifier: หัว)
    11. head side of a coin. (Classifier: หัว)
  2. swelling; protuberance.
  3. bulb, tuber, or similar object. (Classifier: หัว)
  4. subject; subject matter; theme.
Synonyms
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head
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *krɯəwᴬ (“to laugh”).[4]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ຫົວ (hūa), Shan ၶူဝ် (khǒ), Lü ᦷᦃ (ẋo).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang riu.

Compare Sui gul and gol (“to laugh”), Southern Kam gol (“to laugh”).

Verb

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หัว • (hǔua) (abstract noun การหัว)

  1. (dated) to laugh.
  2. (dated) to ridicule.
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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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 362
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 639
  4. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[3], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 349

Further reading

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  • “หัว” 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.
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