คนเดือนตุลา

Thai

Etymology

From คน (kon, “human; person”) +‎ เดือน (dʉʉan, “month; moon”) +‎ ตุลา (dtù-laa, “October”); literally "October person" or "person of the October month".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คนเดือนตุลา g n e ɗ ụ̄ ɒ n t u l ā
Phonemic		คน-เดือน-ตุ-ลา g n – e ɗ ụ̄ ɒ n – t u – l ā
Romanization	Paiboon	kon-dʉʉan-dtù-laa
	Royal Institute	khon-duean-tu-la
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰon˧.dɯa̯n˧.tu˨˩.laː˧/(R)

Noun

คนเดือนตุลา • (kon-dʉʉan-dtù-laa) (classifier คน)

1. (Thailand politics) member of the people that staged an uprising against the military junta of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn on 14 October 1973.
2. (Thailand politics) member of the students that staged a protest against Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn on 6 October 1976, many of whom were massacred at Thammasat University.

Further reading

• Thai popular uprising of 14 October 1973 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thammasat University massacre of 6 October 1976 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia