วอ

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวอ
w ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonwɔɔ
Royal Institutewo
(standard) IPA(key)/wɔː˧/(R)
Homophones
 
ว
ว.
วอร์

Etymology 1

Possibly from Mon ဝဝ်. Cognate with Lao ວໍ (wǭ), Khün ᩅᩳ, Shan ဝေႃး (wáu), Khmer វ (vɔɔ), and Burmese ဝေါ (wau:).

such palanquin, displayed at Bangkok National Museum

Noun

วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier หลัง or องค์)

  1. (พระ~) roofed palanquin for a royal person or member of a royal harem.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the two-way radio lingo, in which each call is started with the code ว. (wɔɔ), standing for วิทยุ (wít-tá-yú, “radio”).[1]

Noun

วอ • (wɔɔ) (classifier เครื่อง)

  1. (slang) two-way radio; transceiver thereof.

References

  1. ^ “รู้ไว้ใช่ว่า ว.๑ ว.๒ และรหัส ว. อื่นๆ ที่ตำรวจ กู้ภัย ผู้ใช้วิทยุสื่อสาร เรียกกัน มีอะไร แปลว่าอะไรบ้าง”, in ThaiJobsGov.com‎ (in Thai), Bangkok: ThaiJobsGov.com, 2017 May 23, retrieved 2020-04-24
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