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สุนัข

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali sunakha (dog). By surface analysis, สุ () +‎ นัข (nák).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสุนัข
s u n ạ kʰ
Phonemic
สุ-นัก
s u – n ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonsù-nák
Royal Institutesu-nak
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.nak̚˦˥/(R)

Adjective

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สุนัข (sù-nák)

  1. (humorous) synonym of หมา (mǎa, bad, low)

Adverb

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สุนัข (sù-nák)

  1. (humorous) synonym of หมา (mǎa, badly, lowly)

Noun

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สุนัข (sù-nák) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (formal) synonym of หมา (mǎa, dog)
  2. (เนื้อ~) dogmeat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • สุนัข” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.