Nature and weather ภูเขาไฟ puu-kǎo-fai
volcano noun
- puu mid
- kǎo rising
- fai mid
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Parts: ภูเขาpuu-kǎo mountain ไฟfai fire
How to use it
A volcano is a "fire mountain", ภูเขาไฟpuu-kǎo-fai. Thailand has no active volcanoes, but Phanom Rung, the great Khmer temple in Buriram, stands on the rim of an extinct one.
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:
- phu khao fai
- pu kao fai
- phukhaofai
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