Thai

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lao ຂົ່ມເຫັງ (khom heng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicข่มเหง
kʰ ˋ m e h ŋ
Phonemic
ข่ม-เหง
kʰ ˋ m – e h ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkòm-hěeng
Royal Institutekhom-heng
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰom˨˩.heːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

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ข่มเหง (kòm-hěeng) (abstract noun การข่มเหง)

  1. (transitive) to abuse; to bully.
  2. (transitive) to persecute