กล้า

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กล้า k l ˆ ā
Phonemic		กฺล้า k ̥ l ˆ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	glâa
	Royal Institute	kla
(standard) IPA^(key)		/klaː˥˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *klaːᶜ (“rice seedling”), from Proto-Tai *klaːᶜ (“rice seedling”), from Old Chinese 稼 (OC *kraːs, “sow crops”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (kā), Lü ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa).

Noun

กล้า • (glâa)

rice seedling.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (kā), Lü ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²).

Adjective

กล้า • (glâa) (abstract noun ความกล้า)

brave.

References

Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014), “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, ISSN 0859-9920, pages 47–68.

[1] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014), “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, ISSN 0859-9920, pages 47–68.