อเมริกา
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English America. Very distant partial doublet of อนามัย (à-naa-mai) in the first two syllables, via Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to seize”), as well as partial doublet of ราชา (raa-chaa) in the last two syllables.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | อเมริกา ɒ e m r i k ā | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | อะ-เม-ริ-กา ɒ a – e m – r i – k ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | à-mee-rí-gaa |
| Royal Institute | a-me-ri-ka | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔa˨˩.meː˧.ri˦˥.kaː˧/(R) | |
Adjective
[edit]อเมริกา • (à-mee-rí-gaa)
- American (of, from or relating to the United States)
Synonyms
[edit]- อเมริกัน (à-mee-rí-gan)
Proper noun
[edit]อเมริกา • (à-mee-rí-gaa)
- America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, ประเทศ สหรัฐ อเมริกา (“the United States of America”))
Derived terms
[edit]- สหรัฐอเมริกา (sà-hà-rát-à-mee-rí-gaa)
- อเมริกาใต้ (à-mee-rí-gaa-dtâai)
Further reading
[edit]- “อเมริกา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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