ซาว

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Isan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːwᴬ⁴ (twenty) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai ซาว (saao), Northern Thai ᨪᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຊາວ (sāo), ᦌᦱᧁ (saaw), Shan သၢဝ်း (sáao), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥝᥰ (säaw), Tai Laing ꩬၢဝ်း, Aiton ꩬွ် (saw), Phake ꩬွ် (saw), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw).

Numeral

ซาว (transliteration needed)

  1. twenty.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicซาว
z ā w
RomanizationPaiboonsaao
Royal Institutesao
(standard) IPA(key)/saːw˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *zaːwᴬ (to wash). Cognate with Lao ຊາວ (sāo).

Verb

ซาว (saao) (abstract noun การซาว)

  1. to wash rice.

Etymology 2

Thai numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  19 ๒๐
20
21  → [a], [b], [c] 30  → 
2
    Cardinal: ยี่สิบ (yîi-sìp), (dialectal) ซาว (saao)
    Ordinal: ที่ยี่สิบ (tîi-yîi-sìp)
    Multiplier: ยี่สิบเท่า

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːwᴬ⁴ (twenty) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨪᩣ᩠ᩅ, Isan ซาว, Lao ຊາວ (sāo), ᦌᦱᧁ (saaw), Shan သၢဝ်း (sáao), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥝᥰ (säaw), Tai Laing ꩬၢဝ်း, Aiton ꩬွ် (saw), Phake ꩬွ် (saw), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw).

Numeral

ซาว (saao)

  1. (dialectal) twenty.