Dictionary entry

อา

aanoun

paternal uncle/aunt

#79 most common1 syllable

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1n.

younger sibling of one's father; paternal uncle or auntcurated

2n.

a title or term of address for an older person, especially someone around the age of one's father's younger siblingwiktionary

3interj.

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Built from

From a merger of Proto-Tai *ʔaːᴬ (“father's younger sister”) and Proto-Tai *ʔaːwᴬ (“father's younger brother”) (hence the form อาว). Cognate with Lao ອາ (ʼā), Tày a. Onomatopoeic.

A note on usage

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