มอด

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicมอด
m ɒ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmɔ̂ɔt
Royal Institutemot
(standard) IPA(key)/mɔːt̚˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *moːtᴰ (termite).[1]

Cognate with Isan มอด, Lao ມອດ (mǭt), Northern Thai ᨾᩬᨯ (mɔɔt⁵), Khün ᨾᩬᨯ, ᦙᦸᧆ (moad), Shan မွတ်ႈ (māut), Tai Nüa ᥛᥩᥖ (moat), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜄𑜫 (mot), Zhuang mod (tick).

Noun

มอด • (mɔ̂ɔt)

  1. name of many kinds of small insects, which bores into, and feeds on various plant or other material.

Etymology 2

Might be related to วอด (wɔ̂ɔt).

Cognate with Isan มอด, Lao ມອດ (mǭt), Northern Thai ᨾᩬᨯ (mɔɔt⁵), Tai Dam ꪣꪮꪒ (ꞌmọt), Zhuang mod (dialectal).

Compare Middle Chinese 歿 (MC mwot).

Verb

มอด • (mɔ̂ɔt) (abstract noun การมอด)

  1. to die down; to die out.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 329