ต้มตุ๋น

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Thai

FWOTD – 8 April 2019

Etymology

From ต้ม (dtôm, “to boil”) +‎ ตุ๋น (dtǔn, “to stew”); literally "to boil and stew".

Pronunciation

Orthographicต้มตุ๋น
t ˆ m t u ˇ n
Phonemic
ต้ม-ตุ๋น
t ˆ m – t u ˇ n
RomanizationPaiboondtôm-dtǔn
Royal Institutetom-tun
(standard) IPA(key)/tom˥˩.tun˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ต้มตุ๋น • (dtôm-dtǔn) (abstract noun การต้มตุ๋น)

  1. (idiomatic) to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game.
    นางโดนต้มตุ๋นเงินไปสี่ล้านบาท
    Naang doon dtôm-dtǔn ngəən bpai sìi láan bàat
    She's been conned out of ฿4m.
    เขาหาว่าผมต้มตุ๋นเขาให้โอนเงินให้
    kǎo hǎa wâa pǒm dtôm-dtǔn kǎo hâi oon ngəən hâi
    He accuses me of conning him into transferring his money to me.
    เขาโดนข้อหาต้มตุ๋นชาวบ้าน
    kǎo doon kɔ̂ɔ-hǎa dtôm-dtǔn chaao-bâan
    He's been charged with conning the public.

Derived terms

  • ปอกลอก (bpɔ̀ɔk-lɔ̂ɔk, “to fleece”, literally “to peel and pare”)
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