อัว

อัว sara ua

Diphthong 'ua' - 'oo' gliding to 'a', as in ตัว. Vowel 15 of 19, and a long one, which is half of what decides the tone of the syllable it sits in.

Length long Sound ua

How it is written

The อ in the form above is a placeholder for whichever consonant the vowel attaches to, not part of the vowel itself.

This one sits on, under or after its consonant.

A long vowel makes an open syllable live, and live or dead is one of the three things that decide a syllable's tone.

ตัวdtua

body / classifier for animals

หัวhǔa

Head

วัวwua

Cow

ตั๋วdtǔa

Ticket

กลัวglua

Scared / afraid

ถั่วthùa

Peanut / bean

ครัวkhrua

Kitchen

รั่วrûa

Leaking

ปวดหัวbpùat hǔa

Headache

สามตัวsǎam dtua

Three animals

ตัวเลขdtua lêek

A digit / numeral

หัวค่ำhǔa khâm

Early evening

Examples from the course rather than a complete list, so the occasional word may only look like it uses this vowel.

วันละตัวก็พอ wan la tua ko phoOne letter a day is enough

Listening and recall drills, with audio on every character.