หมองูตายเพราะงู

Thai

Etymology

From หมองู (mɔ̌ɔ-nguu, “snake charmer”) +‎ ตาย (dtaai, “to die”) +‎ เพราะ (prɔ́, “because”) +‎ งู (nguu, “snake”); literally "a snake charmer who dies because of a snake".

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมองูตายเพราะงู
h m ɒ ŋ ū t ā y e b r ā a ŋ ū
Phonemic
หฺมอ-งู-ตาย-เพฺราะ-งู
h ̥ m ɒ – ŋ ū – t ā y – e b ̥ r ā a – ŋ ū
RomanizationPaiboonmɔ̌ɔ-nguu-dtaai-prɔ́-nguu
Royal Institutemo-ngu-tai-phro-ngu
(standard) IPA(key)/mɔː˩˩˦.ŋuː˧.taːj˧.pʰrɔʔ˦˥.ŋuː˧/(R)

Noun

หมองูตายเพราะงู • (mɔ̌ɔ-nguu-dtaai-prɔ́-nguu)

  1. (idiomatic) one who perishes because of something which one has the best knowledge about or is very familiar with.
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