See also: หี and หู

ห - Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic h
Phonemic
หอ h ɒ
หอ หีบ h ɒ    h ī ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonhɔ̌ɔhɔ̌ɔ hìip
Royal Institutehoho hip
(standard) IPA/hɔː˩˩˦/(R)/hɔː˩˩˦.hiːp̚˨˩/(R)
Homophones
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ห. หอ

Letter

(hɔ̌ɔ)

  1. hɔ̌ɔ hìip (หีบ), the 41st consonant letter of the Thai alphabet

Usage notes

  • This letter belongs to the Thai high consonant class
  • A silent, high-class ห "leads" low-class nasal stops ( (ngɔɔ), (yɔɔ), (nɔɔ) and (mɔɔ)) and non-plosives ( (wɔɔ), (yɔɔ), (rɔɔ) and (lɔɔ)), which have no corresponding high-class phonetic match, into the tone properties of a high-class consonant. In polysyllabic words, an initial mid- or high-class consonant with an implicit vowel similarly "leads" these same low-class consonants into the higher class tone rules, with the tone marker borne by the low-class consonant.
Meaning and Definition of ห
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