มะงุมมะงาหรา

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Thai

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Javanese manyuk (to wander around) + melaya (to travel; to wander) or mlantrah (to wander about; to roam).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicมะงุมมะงาหรา
m a ŋ u m m a ŋ ā h r ā
Phonemic
มะ-งุม-มะ-งา-หฺรา
m a – ŋ u m – m a – ŋ ā – h ̥ r ā
RomanizationPaiboonmá-ngum-má-ngaa-rǎa
Royal Institutema-ngum-ma-nga-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.ŋum˧.ma˦˥.ŋaː˧.raː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

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มะงุมมะงาหรา (má-ngum-má-ngaa-rǎa) (abstract noun การมะงุมมะงาหรา)

  1. (literary, elegant, archaic) to tour a forest.
  2. (slang) to ramble without a definite purpose: to wander, to roam, to rove, to stray, etc.
  3. (slang) to move awkwardly; to be awkward.