เมา

From Proto-Tai *mawᴬ (“drunk”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢᩣ, Lao ເມົາ (mao), Lü ᦙᧁ (maw), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪝꪱ, Shan မဝ်း (máo), Tai Nüa ᥛᥝᥰ (mäw), Zhuang maeuz, Zuojiang Zhuang maeuz.

เมา • (mao) (abstract noun การเมา or ความเมา)

1. to be intoxicated, as with alcohol, drug, etc.

   เมาเหล้า

   mao lâo

   to be drunk.
   (literally) to be intoxicated with liquor.

   เมากัญชา

   mao gan-chaa

   to be intoxicated with cannabis.

2. to nauseate: to have a queasy and dizzy sensation.

   เมาหมัด

   mao màt

   to be punch drunk.

   เมารถ

   mao rót

   to be carsick.
   (literally) to be nauseated by a wheeled vehicle.

   เมาเรือ

   mao rʉʉa

   to be seasick.
   (literally) to be nauseated by a vessel.

3. (figurative) to lose conscience because of absorption in, addiction to, or infatuation with someone or something, as power, authority, wealth, praise, honour, etc.