หอก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kroːkᴰ (“spear”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩬᨠ, Lao ຫອກ (hǭk), Khün ᩉᩬᨠ, Tai Dam ꪬꪮꪀ, Lü ᦠᦸᧅᧈ (ḣoak¹), Shan ႁွၵ်ႇ (hàuk), Ahom 𑜍𑜨𑜀𑜫 (rok).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicหอก
h ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonhɔ̀ɔk
Royal Institutehok
(standard) IPA(key)/hɔːk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

หอก • (hɔ̀ɔk) (classifier เล่ม)

  1. spear (weapon).

Adverb

หอก • (hɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, offensive) used as an intensifier: the heck; the hell; the fuck; etc.
    ทำอะไร
    tam hɔ̀ɔk à-rai
    What the hell [are you] doing?

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 339
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