ฆ่าปิดปาก

Thai

Etymology

From ฆ่า (kâa, “to kill”) +‎ ปิดปาก (literally “to close mouth”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฆ่าปิดปาก gʰ ˋ ā p i ɗ p ā k
Phonemic		ค่า-ปิด-ปาก g ˋ ā – p i ɗ – p ā k
Romanization	Paiboon	kâa-bpìt-bpàak
	Royal Institute	kha-pit-pak
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰaː˥˩.pit̚˨˩.paːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ฆ่าปิดปาก • (kâa-bpìt-bpàak) (abstract noun การฆ่าปิดปาก)

1. to kill someone in order to prevent him from disclosing a secret; to silence someone by killing him.