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Thai
Etymology
From ตอ (dtɔɔ, “stump”) + ตะโก (dtà-goo, “ebony”), literally “ebony stump”.
Pronunciation
Noun
ตอตะโก • (dtɔɔ-dtà-goo)
- ruins or remains (of something severely burnt).
2018 October 11, “ไหม้เป็นตอตะโก! หนุ่มใหญ่วัย 52 จุดไฟเผาตัวเองข้างเมรุวัด”, in Workpoint Today:
- ไหม้เป็นตอตะโก! หนุ่มใหญ่...จุดไฟเผาตัวเองข้างเมรุวัด...ศพไหม้ดำเป็นตอตะโก
- mâi bpen dtɔɔ-dtà-goo! · nùm-yài ... jùt fai pǎo dtuua-eeng kâang meen wát ... sòp mâi dam bpen dtɔɔ-dtà-goo
- Burnt into ebony stump! An adult man...set fire to himself near a temple crematorium... His burnt corpse was as dark as an ebony stump.
2019 December 3, “ไฟไหม้ตลาดดัง เสียหาย 20 ล้าน”, in Thai Post:
- ไฟไหม้บ้านครูบำนาญ...เป็นตอตะโกที่โคราช
- fai-mâi bâan kruu bam-naan ... bpen dtɔɔ-dtà-goo tîi koo-râat
- Fire burnt the house of a pensioned teacher...into ebony stumps in Khorat.