เห่า

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Thai

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰrawᴮ (“to bark”). Compare Middle Chinese 吼 (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), Lü ᦠᧁᧈ (ḣaw¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪬꪱꫀ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào), Tai Nüa ᥞᥝᥱ (hǎw), Phake ꩭွ် (haw), Ahom 𑜑𑜧 (haw), Zhuang raeuq, Nong Zhuang haeuq, Zuojiang Zhuang haeuq.

Verb

เห่า • (hào) (abstract noun การเห่า)

  1. (of a dog or similar) to bark.
  2. (archaic, of a cobra or similar) to hiss.
  3. (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), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào).

Noun

เห่า • (hào) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (งู~) cobra: snake of the genus Naja.
  2. (figurative) (งู~) evil, harmful, malicious, treacherous, or unfaithful person.
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