โท

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer do (two), from Pali du (two) or dvi (two).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicโท
o d
RomanizationPaiboontoo
Royal Institutetho
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoː˧/(R)
Homophonesโทร

Adjective

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โท (too)

  1. second.

Derived terms

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Numeral

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โท (too)

  1. (dated) two.

Usage notes

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There was a suggestion to read "two" as โท (too) while calling or saying a phone number, to distinguish from สาม (sǎam), due to dated low-quality voicing technology. Nowadays, the "two" can be normally read as สอง (sɔ̌ɔng).