เกล็ด

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kletᴰ, from Proto-Tai *klecᶜ, from Old Chinese 介 (OC *kreːds, “shell; to wear armour”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖᩮᩢᨯ, Lao ເກັດ (ket), Lü ᦵᦂᧆ (k̇ed), Shan ၵဵတ်း (két).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เกล็ด e k l ˘ ɗ
Phonemic		เกฺล็ด e k ̥ l ˘ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	glèt
	Royal Institute	klet
(standard) IPA^(key)		/klet̚˨˩/

Noun

เกล็ด • (glèt)

scale (of fish).

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.

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