เห่า

See also: เหา

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเห่า
e h ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonhào
Royal Institutehao
(standard) IPA(key)/haw˨˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰrawᴮ (“to bark”). Cognate with Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (haw2), Ahom 𑜑𑜧 (haw), Zhuang raeuq.

Verb

เห่า • (hào) (abstract noun การเห่า)

  1. (of a dog or other animal) to bark.
  2. (slang, offensive, derogatory) to speak; to talk.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

งูเห่าพ่นพิษสยาม (nguu-hào-pôn-pít-sà-yǎam, “Siamese spitting cobra”)

Cognate with Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (haw2).

Noun

เห่า • (hào) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (งู~) cobra: snake of the genus Naja.
  2. (figuratively) (งู~) evil person; harmful person; malicious person.
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