ทาก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *daːkᴰ (“land leech”). Cognate with Lao ທາກ (thāk), Shan တၢၵ်ႈ (tāak), Zhuang dak. Compare Proto-Be *ɗaːkᴰ¹, Proto-Hlai *tʰaːk (“leech”) (from Pre-Hlai *taːk), Proto-Austronesian *-matek (whence Cebuano alimatok, Malagasy dimaty).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicทาก
d ā k
RomanizationPaiboontâak
Royal Institutethak
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

ทาก • (tâak) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (land) leech
  2. (garden) slug

Derived terms

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