กล้า

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicกล้า
k l ˆ ā
Phonemic
กฺล้า
k ̥ l ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonglâa
Royal Institutekla
(standard) IPA(key)/klaː˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *klaːꟲ (rice seedling), from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ (rice seedling), from Old Chinese (OC *kraːs, “sow crops”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (), ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥲ (kàa), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Tày chả.

Noun

กล้า (glâa)

  1. rice seedling.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (), ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²).

Verb

กล้า (glâa) (abstract noun การกล้า or ความกล้า)

  1. to be brave.
Descendants
  • (to be brave): Khmer: ក្លា (klaa)

Adjective

กล้า (glâa) (abstract noun ความกล้า)

  1. hard.
  2. strong (sense or feeling).

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.