หญัว

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from corruption of อยู่ (yùu, to be at, in, on, etc; to dwell; to reside; to stay; etc) +‎ หัว (hǔua, head; top; etc); literally "[one who is] at/in/on the head[s]".

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicหญัว
h ɲ ạ w
Phonemic
หฺยัว
h ̥ y ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonyǔua
Royal Instituteyua
(standard) IPA(key)/jua̯˩˩˦/(R)

Noun[edit]

หญัว (yǔua)

  1. (archaic) a title for or term of address to a monarch or royal person.

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