วัวสันหลังหวะ

Thai edit

Alternative forms

วัว (wuua, “cow”) +‎ สันหลัง (sǎn-lǎng, “back; spinal column; spine”) +‎ หวะ (wà, “deeply wounded”); literally "a cow with a deep wound on its back" or "a cow whose back is deeply wounded"; probably from or influenced by the following old stanza:

kít wuua lǎng kàat nâo · naan plɛ̌ɛ

wàat sà-gun gaa gɛɛ · gɛ̀ kúi

dəən dai rá-wang lɛɛ · lʉ̀ʉap lɔ̂ɔp · líi naa

chèek châat chon ráai bûi · bɔ̀ɔk ráai nai dtuua

Let's think of a cow whose back has a reeking wound.

It fears that crows would come and peck at the wound.

Wherever it goes, it jitters for fear of birds and insects,

just like a wrongdoer whose strange behaviour shows his own guilt.

Orthographic		วัวสันหลังหวะ w ạ w s ạ n h l ạ ŋ h w a
Phonemic		วัว-สัน-หฺลัง-หฺวะ w ạ w – s ạ n – h ̥ l ạ ŋ – h ̥ w a
Romanization	Paiboon	wuua-sǎn-lǎng-wà
	Royal Institute	wua-san-lang-wa
(standard) IPA^(key)		/wua̯˧.san˩˩˦.laŋ˩˩˦.waʔ˨˩/^(R)

วัว สันหลัง หวะ • (wuua-sǎn-lǎng-wà)