หมา

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (dog). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Lao ໝາ (), ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Shan မႃ (mǎa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Aiton မႃ (), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมา
h m ā
Phonemic
หฺมา
h ̥ m ā
RomanizationPaiboonmǎa
Royal Institutema
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หมา (mǎa) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (sometimes considered vulgar) canine: any animal of the family Canidae, as dog, coyote, fox, jackal, wolf, etc.
  2. (เนื้อ~) dogmeat.

Usage notes

The term is sometimes considered vulgar. It is often replaced by the term สุนัข (sù-nák) for formality.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Adjective

หมา (mǎa)

  1. (slang, vulgar) bad; rude; vulgar.

Adverb

หมา (mǎa)

  1. (slang, vulgar) badly; rudely; vulgarly.
  2. (slang, vulgar) extremely; very.