See also: เหา

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicเห่า
e h ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonhào
Royal Institutehao
(standard) IPA(key)/haw˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ʰrawᴮ (to bark). Compare Middle Chinese (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), ᦠᧁᧈ (ḣaw¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪬꪱꫀ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào), Tai Nüa ᥞᥝᥱ (hǎw), Phake ꩭွ် (haw), Ahom 𑜑𑜧 (haw), Zhuang raeuq, Nong Zhuang haeuq, Zuojiang Zhuang haeuq.

Verb edit

เห่า (hào) (abstract noun การเห่า)

  1. (of a dog or similar) to bark.
  2. (archaic, of a cobra or similar) to hiss.
  3. (slang, offensive, derogatory) to speak; to talk.
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Etymology 2 edit

 
งูเห่าพ่นพิษสยาม (nguu-hào-pôn-pít-sà-yǎam, Siamese spitting cobra)

Cognate with Lao ເຫົ່າ (hao), Tai Dam ꪹꪬ꪿ꪱ, Shan ႁဝ်ႇ (hào).

Noun edit

เห่า (hào) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (งู~) cobra: snake of the genus Naja.
  2. (figurative) (งู~) evil, harmful, malicious, treacherous, or unfaithful person.