หมึก

Thai

Etymology

Compare Khmer មឹក (mɨk), Lao ຫມຶກ (mưk), Vietnamese mực; all ultimately from Chinese (OC *mlɯːɡ, “ink”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมึก
hmk
Phonemicหฺมึก
h̥mk
RomanizationPaiboonmʉ̀k
Royal Institutemuek
(standard) IPA(key)/mɯk̚˨˩/

Noun

หมึก (mʉ̀k)

  1. (น้ำ~) ink.
  2. squid; octopus.

Usage notes

It is often called ปลาหมึก (lit. squid fish) even though it is actually not a fish.

Derived terms

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