แบงก์กาโม่

Thai

Alternative forms

• แบงค์กาโม่ (bɛ́ng-gaa-môo)

 

Etymology

From แบงก์ (bɛ́ng, “bank”, slang for banknote) + กาโม่ (gaa-môo), from Japanese 蒲生 (gamou), after Gamou Jōji (蒲生譲二), the main character in the 1970s Japanese superhero series Spectreman, known in Thai as กาโม่ มนุษย์กายสิทธิ์ (gaa-môo má-nút-gaai-yá-sìt, literally “Magical Man Gamou”), from which play money notes were distributed as souvenir.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		แบงก์กาโม่ æ ɓ ŋ k ʻ k ā o m ˋ
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		แบ็๊ง-กา-โม่ æ ɓ ˘ ˊ ŋ – k ā – o m ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bɛ́ng-gaa-môo
	Royal Institute	baeng-ka-mo
(standard) IPA(key)		/bɛŋ˦˥.kaː˧.moː˥˩/(R)

Noun

แบงก์กาโม่ • (bɛ́ng-gaa-môo)

1. (slang, humorous) play banknote.
2. (slang, humorous) counterfeit banknote.

See also

• แบงก์กงเต๊ก