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หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicหมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่
h m ū e h ˘ ɗ e p ˘ ɗ ai k ˋ
Phonemic
หฺมู-เห็ด-เป็ด-ไก่
h ̥ m ū – e h ˘ ɗ – e p ˘ ɗ – ai k ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonmǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài
Royal Institutemu-het-pet-kai
(standard) IPA(key)/muː˩˩˦.het̚˨˩.pet̚˨˩.kaj˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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From หมู (mǔu, pig; pork), referring to แห้วหมู (purple nutsedge, literally pig's sedge) + เห็ด (hèt, mushroom), referring to ชุมเห็ด (senna, literally herbal mushroom) + เป็ด (bpèt, duck), referring to ตีนเป็ด (dogbane, literally duck's foot) + ไก่ (gài, chicken; fowl), referring to ประคำไก่ (the plant Putranjiva roxburghii Wall., literally fowl's rosary).

Noun

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หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่ (mǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài)

  1. (idiomatic, botany and archaic) medicinal herb.

Etymology 2

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spiritual offerings in Thailand.

From หมู (mǔu, pig; pork) +‎ เห็ด (hèt, mushroom) +‎ เป็ด (bpèt, duck) +‎ ไก่ (gài, chicken; fowl), probably influenced by spiritual offerings.

Noun

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หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่ (mǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài)

  1. (idiomatic) large meal, especially one complete with both meat and vegetables.
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