เมา

From Proto-Tai *mawᴬ (“drunk”). Cognate with Isan เมา, Lao ເມົາ (mao), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢᩣ, Khün ᨾᩮᩢᩣ, Lü ᦙᧁ (maw), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪱ, Tai Dón ꪹꪝꪱ, Shan မဝ်း (máo), Tai Nüa ᥛᥝᥰ (mäw), Zhuang maeuz, Zuojiang Zhuang maeuz.

เมา • (mao) (abstract noun การเมา or ความเมา)

1. to be intoxicated, as with alcohol, drug, etc.

   เหล้า

   mao lâo

   to be drunk.
   (literally) to be intoxicated with liquor.

   กัญชา

   mao gan-chaa

   to be intoxicated with cannabis.

2. to nauseate: to have a queasy and dizzy sensation.

   หมัด

   mao màt

   to be punch drunk.

   รถ

   mao rót

   to be carsick.
   (literally) to be nauseated by a wheeled vehicle.

   เรือ

   mao rʉʉa

   to be seasick.
   (literally) to be nauseated by a vessel.

3. (figurative) to lose conscience because of absorption in, addiction to, or infatuation with someone or something, as power, authority, wealth, praise, honour, etc.