Body and health ขา kǎa
leg noun
- kǎa rising
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
How to use it
ขาkǎa has a rising tone. Shorts are กางเกงขาสั้นgaang-geeng-kǎa-sân, "short-legged trousers", and the legs of a table or a chair are also ขาkǎa.
Keep the tone up: low ข่าkàa is galangal, the root in ต้มข่าไก่dtôm-kàa-gài.
Don't mix it up
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ข่าkàa
galangal
Low tone: galangal, the ginger-like root.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- khaa
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