ถถถ
Thai
Etymology
From pressing the 5 key, which in Thai is pronounced ห้า (hâa), on the Thai Kedmanee keyboard without switching to the QWERTY layout, which results in ถ. Thus, ถถถ corresponds to “555”, or “hahaha”.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ถถถ tʰ tʰ tʰ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ฮ่า-ฮ่า-ฮ่า ɦ ˋ ā – ɦ ˋ ā – ɦ ˋ ā | ถอ-ถอ-ถอ tʰ ɒ – tʰ ɒ – tʰ ɒ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | hâa-hâa-hâa | tɔ̌ɔ-tɔ̌ɔ-tɔ̌ɔ |
| Royal Institute | ha-ha-ha | tho-tho-tho | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /haː˥˩.haː˥˩.haː˥˩/(R) | /tʰɔː˩˩˦.tʰɔː˩˩˦.tʰɔː˩˩˦/(R) | |
Interjection
ถถถ • (hâa-hâa-hâa)