"งา" meaning in Thai

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Noun

IPA: /ŋaː˧/ [standard] Forms: ngaa [romanization], ต้น [classifier], เมล็ด [classifier], เม็ด [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui qngal (“sesame”), Proto-Hlai *hŋɯː (“sesame”). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (“sesame”) (whence Tagalog linga) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)). Etymology templates: {{inh|th|tai-pro|*r.ŋaːᴬ||sesame}} Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”), {{cog|lo|ງາ}} Lao ງາ (ngā), {{cog|khb|ᦇᦱ}} Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), {{cog|shn|ငႃး}} Shan ငႃး (ngáa), {{cog|tdd|ᥒᥣᥰ}} Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa), {{cog|aho|𑜂𑜠}} Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa), {{cog|swi|qngal||sesame}} Sui qngal (“sesame”), {{cog|qfa-lic-pro|*hŋɯː||sesame}} Proto-Hlai *hŋɯː (“sesame”), {{cog|poz-pro|*leŋa||sesame}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (“sesame”), {{cog|tl|linga}} Tagalog linga, {{cog|mkh-pro|*lŋaaʔ|*lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ|sesame}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”), {{cog|km|ល្ង}} Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ) Head templates: {{th-noun|ต้น|เมล็ด|เม็ด}} งา • (ngaa) (classifier ต้น or เมล็ด or เม็ด)
  1. sesame.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ŋaː˧/ [standard] Forms: ngaa [romanization], กิ่ง [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (“tusk; ivory”), from Middle Chinese 牙 (MC ngae, “tooth; tusk”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa), Bouyei ngaz, Zhuang nyaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|th|tai-pro|*ŋaːᴬ||tusk; ivory}} Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (“tusk; ivory”), {{der|th|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|牙|tooth; tusk}} 牙 (MC ngae, “tooth; tusk”), {{cog|lo|ງາ}} Lao ງາ (ngā), {{cog|khb|ᦇᦱ}} Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), {{cog|shn|ငႃး}} Shan ငႃး (ngáa), {{cog|aho|𑜂𑜠}} Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa), {{cog|pcc|ngaz}} Bouyei ngaz, {{cog|za|nyaz}} Zhuang nyaz Head templates: {{th-noun|กิ่ง}} งา • (ngaa) (classifier กิ่ง)
  1. tusk; ivory.
    Sense id: en-งา-th-noun-76IaGTQR Categories (other): Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai nouns classified by กิ่ง, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Elephants Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Thai nouns classified by กิ่ง: 36 64 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Elephants: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ງາ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ງາ (ngā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "ᥒᥣᥰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜂𑜠"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "expansion": "Sui qngal (“sesame”)",
      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
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        "2": "linga"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog linga",
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    },
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        "1": "km",
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      },
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      "form": "ต้น",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "เมล็ด",
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      },
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      "name": "th-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai nouns classified by ต้น",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sesame."
      ],
      "id": "en-งา-th-noun-opiCzvTW",
      "links": [
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          "sesame",
          "sesame"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaː˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "งา"
}

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        "5": "tusk; ivory"
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "1": "za",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "ngaa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "กิ่ง",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "tusk; ivory."
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          "tusk"
        ],
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          "ivory"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ŋaː˧/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (“sesame”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog linga",
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui qngal (“sesame”), Proto-Hlai *hŋɯː (“sesame”). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (“sesame”) (whence Tagalog linga) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngaa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ต้น",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "เมล็ด",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "เม็ด",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "เมล็ด",
        "3": "เม็ด"
      },
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    }
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    {
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        "sesame."
      ],
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        [
          "sesame",
          "sesame"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaː˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "งา"
}

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      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngaa",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "classifier"
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  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "th",
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    {
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        "tusk; ivory."
      ],
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        [
          "tusk",
          "tusk"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "งา"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Thai dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.