เอกโทษ

Thai

Etymology

เอก (èek) +‎ โทษ (tôot), literally “penalized first tone”.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเอกโทษ
e ɒ k o d ʂ
Phonemic
เอก-โทด
e ɒ k – o d ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonèek-tôot
Royal Instituteek-thot
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔeːk̚˨˩.tʰoːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

เอกโทษ • (èek-tôot)

  1. a kind of Thai word that is normally spelled with the second tone mark (ไม้โท (mái-too)) but then spelled with the first tone mark (ไม้เอก (mái-èek)), in order to fit in the tone-forced poem (โคลง (kloong)), and it is still pronounced the same. For example, เข้า (kâo) becomes เค่า (kâo), ถ้า (tâa) becomes ท่า (tâa). Some words are already the obsolete spellings.

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