หมา

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 (maa1), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมา
hmā
Phonemicหฺมา
h̥mā
RomanizationPaiboonmǎa
Royal Institutema
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˩˩˦/

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

canine

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adjective

หมา (mǎa)

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

Adverb

หมา (mǎa)

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