ออ

sara or · long vowel · vowel 12 of 19

ออ

Long 'or' as in 'more'

How it is written

The อ above is a placeholder for whichever consonant the vowel attaches to - it is not part of the vowel. This one sits on, under or after its consonant.

Vowel length changes the tone. A long vowel makes an open syllable live, and live or dead is one of the three things that decide a syllable's tone. See the rules, or let the tone checker do it.

Words that use it

กอง

gong

pile / heap

ขอ

kho

May I have / please

คอ

kho

Neck

สอง

song

Two

พ่อ

pho

Father

หมอ

Doctor

ทอง

thong

Gold

ศอก

sok

Elbow

เฌอ

chəə

a type of tree

ร้อย

roi

Hundred

ท้อง

thong

Stomach

หรอย

ro y

Southern for 'delicious' (standard อร่อย)

ต่อย

toi

Punch

Pulled from the course vocabulary by matching the written form, so the odd near-miss can slip in.

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