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เปล่า

bplàaonegation

no

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1adv.

no; not; nevercurated

2interj.

an exclamation expressing negation: no; not; never; nah; nothingwiktionary

3adj.

empty; blank; vacant; containing nothingwiktionary

4adj.

alone; sole; only; simple; plain; including nothing or no one elsewiktionary

5adj.

free; free of charge; free of obligation or condition; gratuitouswiktionary

6adj.

bare; naked; nude; covered by nothingwiktionary

7adj.

void; invalid; vain; waste; dead; giving or resulting in nothingwiktionary

8adj.

innocent; guiltless; having no role or participation, especially in wrongdoingwiktionary

9adj.

aimless; purposelesswiktionary

10adv.

alone; solely; only; simply; plainlywiktionary

11adv.

freely; for free; free of charge; free of obligation or condition; gratuitouslywiktionary

12adv.

in vain; for nothing; to no purposewiktionary

13adv.

aimlessly; purposelesslywiktionary

Built from

From Proto-Tai *plɤwᴮ (“empty”). Cognate with Lao ເປົ່າ (pao), Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ (paw), Lü ᦔᧁᧈ (ṗaw¹), Shan ပဝ်ႇ (pào), Ahom 𑜆𑜧 (paw) or 𑜆𑜨𑜧 (pow), Zhuang byouq (“empty”).

Words built from it

เปล่า inside longer words
ตายเปล่าto die in vain

A note on usage

เป็นคำปฏิเสธ แปลว่า ไม่มี ไม่เป็นอย่างนั้น.

เปล่า (bplàao) — Thai–English Dictionary · Phasa