เหลา

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Thai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰlawᴬ¹ (“to sharpen with a knife”). Cognate with Lao ເຫຼົາ (lao), Lü ᦜᧁ (l̇aw), Shan လဝ် (lǎo), Saek เหล่า.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหลา e h l ā
Phonemic		เหฺลา e h ̥ l ā
Romanization	Paiboon	lǎo
	Royal Institute	lao
(standard) IPA^(key)		/law˩˩˦/^(R)

Verb

เหลา • (lǎo) (abstract noun การเหลา)

to sharpen; to smoothen (with knife)

Etymology 2

From a dialect of Chinese 樓／楼 (lóu, “building”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหลา e h l ā
Phonemic		เหฺลา e h ̥ l ā
Romanization	Paiboon	lǎo
	Royal Institute	lao
(standard) IPA^(key)		/law˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

เหลา • (lǎo)

(colloquial) restaurant (usually refers to elegant Chinese one)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit हेला (helā).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหลา e h l ā
Phonemic		เห-ลา e h – l ā
Romanization	Paiboon	hěe-laa
	Royal Institute	he-la
(standard) IPA^(key)		/heː˩˩˦.laː˧/^(R)

Noun

เหลา • (hěe-laa)

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