มด

See also: มัด, มีด, and มืด

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicมด
m ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmót
Royal Institutemot
(standard) IPA(key)/mot̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *motᴰˢ⁴ (“ant”), from Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (“ant”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Khün ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Lao ມົດ (mot), Lü ᦷᦙᧆ (mod), Tai Dam ꪶꪣꪒ, Shan မူတ်ႉ (mṵ̂ut), Phake မုတ် (mut), Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod, Zhuang moed. Compare Proto-Be *muːʔᴰ², Proto-Hlai *hmuc.

Noun

มด • (mót) (classifier ตัว)

  1. ant.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Chinese 巫 (OC *ma).[1] Cognate with Lao ມົດ (mot, “witch”), Lü ᦷᦙᧆ (mod, “wizard”), Zhuang moed (“shaman”).[2] Compare also Khmer មត់ (mŭət, “to have a secret understanding”).

Noun

มด • (mót)

  1. person of occult knowledge; person who practices magic or sorcery.
Derived terms
  • กระเช้าผีมด
  • จมูกมด
  • พ่อมด (pɔ̂ɔ-mót)
  • มดหมอ
  • แม่มด (mɛ̂ɛ-mót)
  • ยายมด
  • หูผีจมูกมด

Adjective

มด • (mót)

  1. undefined, found in a number of compounds.
Derived terms

References
  1. Cheah Yanchong. "More Thoughts on the Ancient Culture of the Tai People:The Impact of the Hua Xia Culture", in Journal of The Siam Society Vol. 84, Part 1 (1996). Retrieved from
  2. Kao Ya-Ning (2011). "Crossing the Seas: Tai Shamanic Chanting and its Cosmology", in SHAMAN, Volume 19 Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring /Autumn 2011). Retrieved from
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