วัวทะเล

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English sea cow: from วัว (wuua, “cow; cattle; ox; bull”) +‎ ทะเล (tá-lee, “sea”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		วัวทะเล w ạ w d a e l
Phonemic		วัว-ทะ-เล w ạ w – d a – e l
Romanization	Paiboon	wuua-tá-lee
	Royal Institute	wua-tha-le
(standard) IPA^(key)		/wua̯˧.tʰa˦˥.leː˧/^(R)

Noun

วัวทะเล • (wuua-tá-lee) (classifier ตัว)

manatee; dugong.

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