หมาต๋า

Thai

Etymology

Probably from Southeast Asian Hokkien 馬打／马打 (má-tâ, “police”), from Malay mata-mata. Possibly influenced by imported Taiwan movies. Also, หมา (mǎa, “dog”) has a negative meaning.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หมาต๋า h m ā t ˇ ā
Phonemic		หฺมา-ต๋า h ̥ m ā – t ˇ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	mǎa-dtǎa
	Royal Institute	ma-ta
(standard) IPA^(key)		/maː˩˩˦.taː˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

หมาต๋า • (mǎa-dtǎa)

(colloquial, derogatory) police

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