ᨸᩖᩣ

See also: ᨸᩦ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (“fish”). Cognate with Thai ปลา (bplaa), Isan ปา, Lao ປາ (pā), Lü ᦔᦱ (ṗaa), Tai Dam ꪜꪱ, Shan ပႃ (pǎa), Tai Nüa ᥙᥣ (paa), Ahom 𑜆𑜠 (pa) or 𑜆𑜡 (pā), Zhuang bya, Bouyei byal, Saek ปร๋า. Compare Proto-Hlai *hlaː (“fish”) (whence ɗaː¹ ~ ɬaː¹ across different lects), Lakkia phla⁵¹, Proto-Be *ɓaːᴬ¹ (whence ɓa¹ in modern lects).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᨸᩖᩣ
Phonemic		ป๋า p ˇ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	bpǎa
	Royal Institute	pa
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/paː˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/paː˩˩˧/

Noun

ᨸᩖᩣ • (pa) (classifier ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫ)

1. fish