เด็กเจ็ดเข้าเฒ่าเจ็ดสิบ

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From เด็ก (dèk, child) +‎ เจ็ด (jèt, seven) +‎ เข้า (kâao; kâo, year) +‎ เฒ่า (tâo, senile person) +‎ เจ็ดสิบ (jèt-sìp, seventy); literally "a seven-year-old child, a seventy-year-old senile".

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเด็กเจ็ดเข้าเฒ่าเจ็ดสิบ
e ɗ ˘ k e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ e kʰ ˆ ā e ɖʰ ˋ ā e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ s i ɓ
Phonemic
เด็ก-เจ็ด-ข้าว-เถ้า-เจ็ด-สิบ
e ɗ ˘ k – e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ – kʰ ˆ ā w – e tʰ ˆ ā – e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ – s i ɓ
เด็ก-เจ็ด-เข้า-เถ้า-เจ็ด-สิบ
e ɗ ˘ k – e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ – e kʰ ˆ ā – e tʰ ˆ ā – e t͡ɕ ˘ ɗ – s i ɓ
RomanizationPaiboondèk-jèt-kâao-tâo-jèt-sìpdèk-jèt-kâo-tâo-jèt-sìp
Royal Institutedek-chet-khao-thao-chet-sipdek-chet-khao-thao-chet-sip
(standard) IPA(key)/dek̚˨˩.t͡ɕet̚˨˩.kʰaːw˥˩.tʰaw˥˩.t͡ɕet̚˨˩.sip̚˨˩/(R)/dek̚˨˩.t͡ɕet̚˨˩.kʰaw˥˩.tʰaw˥˩.t͡ɕet̚˨˩.sip̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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เด็กเจ็ดเข้าเฒ่าเจ็ดสิบ (dèk-jèt-kâao-tâo-jèt-sìp)

  1. (law and archaic) a person whose legal capacity is limited or who is placed under guardianship, especially because of age, as a minor, a person affected by senility, etc.
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