หมาหวงก้าง

Thai

Etymology

From หมา (mǎa) +‎ หวง (hǔuang) +‎ ก้าง (gâang), literally “a dog guarding a fishbone”.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หมาหวงก้าง h m ā h w ŋ k ˆ ā ŋ
Phonemic		หฺมา-หวง-ก้าง h ̥ m ā – h w ŋ – k ˆ ā ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	mǎa-hǔuang-gâang
	Royal Institute	ma-huang-kang
(standard) IPA^(key)		/maː˩˩˦.hua̯ŋ˩˩˦.kaːŋ˥˩/^(R)

Noun

หมาหวงก้าง • (mǎa-hǔuang-gâang)

(idiomatic) dog in the manger; A person who prevents anyone else from having something which he is not entitled to or which he cannot use himself.

See also

มดแดงแฝงพวงมะม่วง (mót-dɛɛng-fɛ̌ɛng-puuang-má-mûuang)

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