เห่า

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicเห่า
e h ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonhào
Royal Institutehao
(standard) IPA(key)/haw˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ʰrawᴮ (to bark). Compare Middle Chinese (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), ᦠᧁᧈ (ḣaw¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪬꪱꫀ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào), Tai Nüa ᥞᥝᥱ (hǎw), Phake ꩭွ် (haw), Ahom 𑜑𑜧 (haw), Zhuang raeuq, Nong Zhuang haeuq, Zuojiang Zhuang haeuq.

Verb[edit]

เห่า (hào) (abstract noun การเห่า)

  1. (of a dog or similar) to bark.
  2. (archaic, of a cobra or similar) to hiss.
  3. (slang, offensive, derogatory) to speak; to talk.
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Etymology 2[edit]

งูเห่าพ่นพิษสยาม (nguu-hào-pôn-pít-sà-yǎam, Siamese spitting cobra)

Cognate with Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào).

Noun[edit]

เห่า (hào) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (งู~) cobra: snake of the genus Naja.
  2. (figurative) (งู~) evil, harmful, malicious, treacherous, or unfaithful person.