See also: มัด, มีด, and มืด

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Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicมด
m ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmót
Royal Institutemot
(standard) IPA(key)/mot̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *motᴰˢ⁴ (ant), from Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (ant). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Khün ᨾᩫ᩠ᨯ, Lao ມົດ (mot), ᦷᦙᧆ (mod), Tai Dam ꪶꪣꪒ, Shan မူတ်ႉ (mṵ̂ut), Phake မုတ် (mut), Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod, Zhuang moed. Compare Proto-Be *muːʔᴰ², Proto-Hlai *hmuc.

Noun edit

มด (mót) (classifier ตัว)

  1. ant.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Chinese (OC *ma).[1] Cognate with Lao ມົດ (mot, witch), ᦷᦙᧆ (mod, wizard), Zhuang moed (shaman).[2] Compare also Khmer មត់ (mŭət, to have a secret understanding).

Noun edit

มด (mót)

  1. person of occult knowledge; person who practices magic or sorcery.
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Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

มด (mót)

  1. undefined, found in a number of compounds.
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References edit

  1. ^ Cheah Yanchong. "More Thoughts on the Ancient Culture of the Tai People:The Impact of the Hua Xia Culture", in Journal of The Siam Society Vol. 84, Part 1 (1996). Retrieved from [1]
  2. ^ Kao Ya-Ning (2011). "Crossing the Seas: Tai Shamanic Chanting and its Cosmology", in SHAMAN, Volume 19 Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring /Autumn 2011). Retrieved from [2]