เตา

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC daw, “pottery, mould; to mould”). Cognate with Lao ເຕົາ (tao), Northern Thai ᨲᩮᩢᩣ, Khün ᨲᩮᩢᩣ, ᦎᧁ (ṫaw), Shan တဝ် (tǎo).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเตา
e t ā
RomanizationPaiboondtao
Royal Institutetao
(standard) IPA(key)/taw˧/(R)

Noun

เตา • (dtao) (classifier เตา or อัน)

  1. cooking stove; oven; furnace

Derived terms

Further reading

  • เตา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.