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เฒ่าหัวงู

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Thai

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Etymology

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From เฒ่า (tâo, old person) +‎ หัว (hǔua, head) +‎ งู (nguu, snake); literally "snake-headed oldie".

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเฒ่าหัวงู
e ɖʰ ˋ ā h ạ w ŋ ū
Phonemic
เท่า-หัว-งู
e d ˋ ā – h ạ w – ŋ ū
RomanizationPaiboontâo-hǔua-nguu
Royal Institutethao-hua-ngu
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaw˥˩.hua̯˩˩˦.ŋuː˧/(R)

Noun

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เฒ่าหัวงู (tâo-hǔua-nguu)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) dirty old man.