ทาก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *daːkᴰ (“land leech”). Cognate with Lao ທາກ (thāk), Shan တၢၵ်ႈ (tāak). Compare Proto-Hlai *tʰaːk (“leech”) (from Pre-Hlai *taːk). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *-matek (whence Cebuano alimatok, Malagasy dimaty).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ทาก d ā k
Romanization	Paiboon	tâak
	Royal Institute	thak
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

ทาก • (tâak) (classifier ตัว)

1. (land) leech
2. (garden) slug

Derived terms

• หอยทาก (hɔ̌i-tâak)