ไหปลาร้า

Thai

Etymology

From ไห (hǎi, “vase; jar; urn; etc”) +‎ ปลาร้า (bplaa-ráa, “pla ra, a kind of fermented fish”), apparently from the similar shape of the collarbone to the traditional jars used to make and store pla ra.

Pronunciation

Orthographicไหปลาร้า
ai h p l ā r ˆ ā
Phonemic
ไห-ปฺลา-ร้า
ai h – p ̥ l ā – r ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonhǎi-bplaa-ráa
Royal Institutehai-pla-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/haj˩˩˦.plaː˧.raː˦˥/(R)

Noun

ไหปลาร้า • (hǎi-bplaa-ráa)

  1. (anatomy) supraclavicular fossa
  2. (anatomy) (กระดูก~) collarbone

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ไหปลาร้า” 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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