หมาต๋า

Thai

Etymology

Probably from Southern Thailand Teochew 馬打马打 (ma tă) and Southern Thailand / Penang Hokkien 馬打马打 (má-tâ, “police”), from Malay mata-mata. Additionally, หมา (mǎa, dog) has negative connotations when used in Thai.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมาต๋า
hmātˇā
Phonemic
หฺมา-ต๋า
h̥mātˇā
RomanizationPaiboonmǎa-dtǎa
Royal Institutema-ta
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˩˩˦.taː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หมาต๋า • (mǎa-dtǎa)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) police
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