เกาะ

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเกาะ
e k ā a
RomanizationPaiboongɔ̀
Royal Instituteko
(standard) IPA(key)/kɔʔ˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (island). Cognate with Mon တကံ (tkɔˀ), Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Chong kɑʔ, Nyah Kur เกาะ, Lao ເກາະ (), Vietnamese and Mal kɔʔ.

Noun

เกาะ (gɔ̀) (classifier เกาะ or แห่ง)

  1. (geography) tract of land surrounded by water: isle, island, islet, etc; also used as a title for such tract of land
  2. grove; thicket; copse
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Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ເກາະ ().

Verb

เกาะ (gɔ̀) (abstract noun การเกาะ)

  1. to grab; to grasp; to grip; to seize; to clutch
  2. (archaic, of a criminal, prisoner, etc) to apprehend; to arrest; to seize; to catch; to capture
  3. to adhere (to); to stick (to); to cling (to)
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