หมาต๋า

Thai

Etymology

Probably from Southeast Asian Hokkien 馬打 (má-tâ, “police”), from Malay mata-mata.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมาต๋า
h m ā t ˇ ā
Phonemicหฺมา-ต๋า
h ̥ m ā – t ˇ ā
RomanizationPaiboonmǎa-dtǎa
Royal Institutema-ta
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˩˩˦.taː˩˩˦/

Noun

หมาต๋า • (mǎa-dtǎa)

  1. (colloquial) police
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