ตอแหล

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Thai

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Southern Thai ต่อแหล่ (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Orthographicตอแหล
t ɒ æ h l
Phonemic
ตอ-แหฺล
t ɒ – æ h ̥ l
RomanizationPaiboondtɔɔ-lɛ̌ɛ
Royal Instituteto-lae
(standard) IPA(key)/tɔː˧.lɛː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

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ตอแหล (dtɔɔ-lɛ̌ɛ) (abstract noun การตอแหล or ความตอแหล)

  1. (affectionately used of a child, now rare) to be talkative.
  2. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) to be mealy-mouthed; to lie, to state falsely, to falsify, to exaggerate, to invent, to fabricate, to distort; to be duplicitous, hypocritical, deceitful, deceptive, or insincere; to act, to pretend, to be pretentious.

Derived terms

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