อมพระมาพูด

Thai

Etymology

From อม (om, to hold in the mouth) + พระ (prá, god, deity, priest, etc; representation thereof, as image, statue, etc) + มา (maa, used to indicate motion towards the speaker's direction) + พูด (pûut, to speak; to utter); meaning "to speak with a [holy] image in the mouth/on the tongue".

Pronunciation

Orthographicอมพระมาพูด
ɒmbramābūɗ
Phonemicอม-พฺระ-มา-พูด
ɒmb̥ramābūɗ
RomanizationPaiboonom-prá-maa-pûut
Royal Instituteom-phra-ma-phut
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔom˧.pʰra˦˥.maː˧.pʰuːt̚˥˩/

Verb

อมพระมาพูด (om-prá-maa-pûut)

  1. (idiomatic, chiefly used to express negation) to support one's own speech by alluding to a sacred thing.
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