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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (“island”). Cognate with Mon တကံ (tkɔˀ), Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Chong kɑʔ, Nyah Kur เกาะ, Lao ເກາະ (kǫ), Vietnamese gò and Mal kɔʔ.
Noun
เกาะ • (gɔ̀) (classifier เกาะ or แห่ง)
- (geography) tract of land surrounded by water: isle, island, islet, etc; also used as a title for such tract of land
- grove; thicket; copse
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Etymology 2
Cognate with Lao ເກາະ (kǫ).
Verb
เกาะ • (gɔ̀) (abstract noun การเกาะ)
- to grab; to grasp; to grip; to seize; to clutch
- (archaic, of a criminal, prisoner, etc) to apprehend; to arrest; to seize; to catch; to capture
- to adhere (to); to stick (to); to cling (to)
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