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ขี้โกงมะโรงมะเส็ง

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Thai

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Etymology

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ขี้โกง (kîi-goong, cheating; deceitful; fraudulent) +‎ มะโรง (má-roong, dragon (zodiac)) +‎ มะเส็ง (má-sěng, snake (zodiac)).

The second and third stems, má-roong and má-sěng, have no special meaning here; they are just added to rhyme with the first stem, kîi-goong.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicขี้โกงมะโรงมะเส็ง
kʰ ī ˆ o k ŋ m a o r ŋ m a e s ˘ ŋ
Phonemic
ขี้-โกง-มะ-โรง-มะ-เส็ง
kʰ ī ˆ – o k ŋ – m a – o r ŋ – m a – e s ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkîi-goong-má-roong-má-sěng
Royal Institutekhi-kong-ma-rong-ma-seng
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiː˥˩.koːŋ˧.ma˦˥.roːŋ˧.ma˦˥.seŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

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ขี้โกงมะโรงมะเส็ง (kîi-goong-má-roong-má-sěng) (abstract noun ความขี้โกงมะโรงมะเส็ง)

  1. (childish) cheating; deceitful; fraudulent.

References

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  • Royal Institute of Thailand. (2011). Photčhanānuktom kham mai lem sām chabap rātchabandittayasathān พจนานุกรมคำใหม่ เล่ม ๓ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [Royal Institute Dictionary of New Words, Volume 3]. (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. Page 23.