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มด

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See also: มัด, มีด, and มืด

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicมด
m ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmót
Royal Institutemot
(standard) IPA(key)/mot̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *motᴰˢ⁴ (ant), from Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (ant).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Khün ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Lao ມົດ (mot), ᦷᦙᧆ (mod), Tai Dam ꪶꪣꪒ, Shan မူတ်ႉ (mṵ̂ut), Phake မုတ် (mut), Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod, Zhuang moed. Compare Proto-Be *muːʔᴰ², Proto-Hlai *hmuc.

Noun

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มด (mót) (classifier ตัว)

  1. ant.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Chinese (OC *ma).[2]

Cognate with Lao ມົດ (mot, witch), ᦷᦙᧆ (mod, wizard), Zhuang moed (shaman).[3]

Compare also Khmer មត់ (mŭət, to have a secret understanding).

Noun

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มด (mót)

  1. person of occult knowledge; person who practices magic or sorcery.
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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มด (mót)

  1. undefined, found in a number of compounds.
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 329
  2. ^ Cheah, Yanchong (1996) "More Thoughts on the Ancient Culture of the Tai People:The Impact of the Hua Xia Culture", in Journal of The Siam Society Vol. 84, Part 1. Retrieved from [2]
  3. ^ Kao, Ya-Ning (2011) "Crossing the Seas: Tai Shamanic Chanting and its Cosmology", in SHAMAN, Volume 19 Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring /Autumn 2011). Retrieved from [3]

Urak Lawoi'

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *əmbun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mot/, [mot̚~mʊt̚]

Noun

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มด (mot)

  1. dew

Further reading

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  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎[4], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 137