ปลา
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (“fish”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩣ, 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-Be *ɓaːᴬ¹ (whence ɓa¹ in modern lects), Proto-Hlai *hlaː (“fish”) (whence ɗaː¹ ~ ɬaː¹ across different lects), Lakkia phla⁵¹.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ปลา p l ā | |
| Phonemic | ปฺลา p ̥ l ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bplaa |
| Royal Institute | pla | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /plaː˧/(R) | |
Noun
ปลา • (bplaa) (classifier ตัว)
- fish.