รา

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See also: ร้า

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Noun

รา

  1. Thai script form of rā, ablative singular of ร / ระ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicรา
r ā
RomanizationPaiboonraa
Royal Institutera
(standard) IPA(key)/raː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *raːᴬ² (“we two (inclusive)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩣ, Khün ᩁᩣ, Lao ຮາ (hā), Lü ᦣᦱ (haa), Shan ႁႃး (háa), Tai Nüa ᥞᥣᥰ (häa), Ahom 𑜍𑜠 (ra), Zuojiang Zhuang raz.

Pronoun

รา • (raa)

  1. (archaic) a first person pronoun employed inclusively by two or more persons.
Usage notes
  • The pronoun is now archaic in Central Thai, but is still in everyday use in some dialects, such as Northern Thai where it appears as the vulgar ᩁᩣ/ฮา (haa) and is almost always used singularly.
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See also

Archaic Thai personal pronouns
1st 2nd 3rd
Exclusive Inclusive
Informal Singular กู (guu) มึง (mʉng) มัน (man)
Dual เผือ (pʉ̌ʉa) รา (raa) เขือ (kʉ̌ʉa) ขา (kǎa)
Plural ตู (dtuu) เรา (rao) สู (sǔu) เขา (kǎo)
Formal Singular ข้า (kâa), ตู (dtuu), เรา (rao) เจ้า (jâao), สู (sǔu) เพื่อน (pʉ̂ʉan), เขา (kǎo)
Plural ตูข้า เราข้า สูเจ้า เขาเจ้า

Etymology 2

Particle

รา

  1. (chiefly poetic) placed at the end of an expression of invitation or suggestion for emphasis.
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Etymology 3

Verb

รา • (raa) (abstract noun การรา)

  1. to cease, discontinue, or stop gradually.
  2. (somewhat archaic) to diminish, to decrease, to lessen, to reduce; to weaken.
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Etymology 4

Noun

รา • (raa)

  1. (nautical) bottom board; burden board.
  2. pole or stick fixed into or around an uncovered pit for the purpose of maintaining its shape or condition.

Etymology 5

Cognate with Lü ᦣᦱ (haa), Northern Thai ᩁᩣ.

Noun

รา • (raa)

  1. mould; fungus.
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