Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedhe; she; theycurated
hill; mountaincurated
horn; antlercurated
dove; pigeon; any bird of the family Columbidaecurated
Less common senses (3)
a person who is not on someone's side or is not a member of someone's group or entitywiktionary
climber; creeper; vinewiktionary
I; oneselfwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voices
แล้วก็ Jimi Hendrix — เขาเป็นรากของทุกอย่าง
And then Jimi Hendrix — he's the root of everything.
Beer · อุทัยธานีfrom ฟัง Nirvana ครั้งแรก →
เขาไม่พูดอะไรมาก แต่ฉันรู้ว่าเขากังวล
He doesn't say much, but I know he's worried.
Mind · บุรีรัมย์from นาข้าวหน้าแล้ง →
แต่เขาก็รู้ว่าโรงงานทำให้เรามีงานทำ
But he also knows the factories give us work.
Built from
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩮᩢᩣ, Lao ເຂົາ (khao), Lü ᦃᧁ (ẋaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw), Tai Nüa ᥑᥝᥴ (xáw). Compare Middle Chinese 丘 (MC khjuw, “mountain”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩮᩢᩣ, Lao ເຂົາ (khao), Lü ᦃᧁ (ẋaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw). From Proto-Tai *qawᴬ (“horn”). Cognate to Northern Thai ᨡᩮᩢᩣ, Lao ເຂົາ (khao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥝᥴ (xáw), Lü ᦃᧁ (ẋaw), Shan ၶဝ် (khǎo), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) or 𑜁𑜨𑜧 (khow), Zhuang gaeu. Compare Sui baol and ggaol (“horn”), Southern Kam baol (“horn”), Proto-Hlai *ɦəw (“horn”).