ຜ້າ

See also: ຜາ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰaːꟲ¹, from Old Chinese 布 (OC *paːs, “cloth”). Cognate with Thai ผ้า (pâa), Northern Thai ᨹ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦕᦱᧉ (ṗhaa²), Tai Dam ꪠ꫁ꪱ, Shan ၽႃႈ (phāa), Tai Nüa ᥚᥣᥲ (phàa), Aiton ၸႃ (phā), Ahom 𑜇𑜠 (pha), 𑜇𑜡 (phā), 𑜇𑜨𑜠 (phoa), or 𑜇𑜨𑜡 (phoā).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [pʰaː˧˩]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [pʰaː˥˥˨]
• Hyphenation: ຜ້າ
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ຜ້າ • (phā) (classifier ຜືນ)

1. cloth, material, fabric

Derived terms

• ຈັກຊັກຜ້າ (chak sak phā, “washing machine”)
• ຕູບຜ້າ (tūp phā, “tent”)
• ຜ້າກັ້ງ (phā kang, “curtain”)
• ຜ້າເຕັ້ນ (phā ten, “tent”)
• ຜ້າປູບ່ອນ (phā pū bǭn, “bedsheet”)
• ຜ້າມ່ານ (phā mān, “curtain”)
• ຜ້າຫົ່ມ (phā hom, “blanket”)
• ເສື້ອຜ້າ (sư̄a phā)