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Thai
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Noun
ตั๊กแตน • (dták-gà-dtɛɛn)
- grasshopper.
2005, ไพฑูรย์ ธัญญา, เป็นสร้อยโสภิศพ้น อุปรมา, Bangkok: มติชน, →ISBN, pages 50–51:
- สามโลกยนี้ใคร และจะอาจมาดูแคลน ใคร่สรวลแก่ตั๊กแตน มาวิ่งไฟบ่เกรงกลัว
- sǎam lôok-yá níi krai · lɛ́ jà àat maa duu-klɛɛn · krâi sǔuan gɛ̀ɛ dták-dtɛɛn · maa wîng fai bɔ̀ɔ greeng-gluua
- And who throughout these Three Realms would dare look down upon me? I'd like to laugh at the grasshopper that runs into fire without fear!