ต้มตุ๋น

Thai

FWOTD – 8 April 2019

Etymology

From ต้ม (dtôm, to boil) + ตุ๋น (dtǔn, to stew); literally "to boil and stew".

Pronunciation

Orthographicต้มตุ๋น
tˆmtuˇn
Phonemicต้ม-ตุ๋น
tˆmtuˇn
RomanizationPaiboondtôm-dtǔn
Royal Institutetom-tun
(standard) IPA(key)/tom˥˩.tun˩˩˦/

Verb

ต้มตุ๋น (dtôm-dtǔn) (abstract noun การต้มตุ๋น)

  1. (slang) to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game.

Derived terms

  • ปอกลอก (to fleece, literally to peel and pare)
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