Tenses and Aspects
| Present tense | ฆ่า |
| Future tense | จะฆ่า |
| Past tense | ได้ฆ่า |
| Present progressive tense | กำลังฆ่า |
| Present progressive alternative tense | ฆ่าอยู่ |
Pronunciation of ฆ่า
Pronuniciation
| Orthographic | ฆ่า |
| Phonemic | ค่า |
Pronuniciation
| Orthographic | gʰ ˋ ā |
| Phonemic | g ˋ ā |
IPA
\kʰaː˥˩\(R)
Romanization of ฆ่า
| Paiboon | kâa |
| Royal Institute | kha |
Translations
kill, to put to death
kill, to render void
destroy, to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal)
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ (“to kill”). Cognate with Lao ຂ້າ (khā), Tai Dam ꪄ꫁ꪱ, Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa), Ahom 𑜁𑜠 (kha, “to cut; to kill”), Zhuang gaj, Nong Zhuang kaj. The spelling of the word was contaminated by ฆาต (kâat), which is a Pali loanword of similar meaning.
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