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งัด

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Thai

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lao ງັດ (ngat).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicงัด
ŋ ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonngát
Royal Institutengat
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋat̚˦˥/(R)

Verb

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งัด (ngát) (abstract noun การงัด)

  1. to move, raise, or open by or as if by leverage: to lever, to prise, to jimmy, to crowbar, etc.
  2. (slang, humorous) to pick a fight, to pick a quarrel; to fight, to quarrel.
    ทำบุญต้องเข้าวัด แต่ถ้าอยากงัดต้องเข้าเมรุ
    tam-bun dtɔ̂ng kâo wát · dtɛ̀ɛ tâa yàak ngát dtɔ̂ng kâo meen
    [If you want to] make merit, [you]'ve to enter a monastery. But if [you] want to fight, [you'll] have to enter a mortuary.

Derived terms

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