ขวา

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Thai

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Etymology

From Old Chinese 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩠ᩅᩣ, Lao ຂວາ (khuā), Lü ᦧᦱ (ẋwaa), Shan ၶႂႃ (khwǎa), Zhuang gvaz, Bouyei gvaz. Compare Sui fal (“right”), Southern Kam wap (“right”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicขวา
kʰ w ā
RomanizationPaiboonkwǎa
Royal Institutekhwa
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ขวา • (kwǎa)

  1. right side (opposite of left).
    เลี้ยวขวาที่นี่
    líao kwǎa tîi-nîi
    turn right here

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