แตก

From Proto-Tai *p.reːkᴰ (“to burst”).^[1]

Compare Old Chinese 爆 (OC *proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ, “to burst”).

Cognate with Lao ແຕກ (tǣk), Lü ᦶᦎᧅ (ṫaek), Shan တႅၵ်ႇ (tèk), Ahom 𑜄𑜢𑜀𑜫 (tik), Zhuang dek and bek.

แตก • (dtɛ̀ɛk) (abstract noun การแตก)

1. (intransitive) to break; to crack; to split; to fracture.

   ท่อ

   tɔ̂ɔ dtɛ̀ɛk

   A pipe breaks.

   หัว

   hǔua dtɛ̀ɛk

   [One's] head is bleeding.
   (literally) The head breaks.

   หู

   hǔu dtɛ̀ɛk

   to be deafened
   (literally) Ears break.

   ใจ

   jai dtɛ̀ɛk

   to go wild (to become unrestrained morally)
   (literally) Heart breaks.

   ผนัง

   pà-nǎng dtɛ̀ɛk

   A wall cracks.

2. (intransitive) to break; to shatter; to become destroyed or ruined.

   โลก

   lôok dtɛ̀ɛk

   The world breaks.

   ตบะ

   dtà-bà dtɛ̀ɛk

   [One's] patience ruins/is ruined.

3. (intransitive) to burst; to explode.

   น้ำ

   náam dtɛ̀ɛk

   to come (to discharge semen)
   (literally) Liquid bursts [out].

   ฉี่

   chìi dtɛ̀ɛk

   [One's] bladder is full.
   (literally) Pee bursts [out].

   เหงื่อ

   ngʉ̀ʉa dtɛ̀ɛk

   to sweat
   (literally) Sweats burst [out].

4. (slang, vulgar, intransitive) to come; to ejaculate.
5. (intransitive) to divide (into); to separate (into); to be distributed (into); to dissolve (into).

   หน่อ

   dtɛ̀ɛk nɔ̀ɔ

   to put forth buds
   (literally) to divide [into] buds

   ใบ

   dtɛ̀ɛk bai

   to put forth leaves
   (literally) to divide [into] leaves

   สาขา

   dtɛ̀ɛk sǎa-kǎa

   to divide [into] tributaries

6. (intransitive, figurative) to disunite; to lack unity, to disharmonise; to differ, to disagree, to be at variance.
7. (transitive, slang) to break (into smaller units).

   แบงก์

   dtɛ̀ɛk bɛ́ng

   to break a banknote

แตก • (dtɛ̀ɛk)

1. apart; into pieces; asunder.
2. (now only found in combination) fluently; excellently; capably; with good understanding.
3. (slang) very loudly; deafeningly.

   กรี๊ด

   gríit dtɛ̀ɛk

   to scream aloud

4. (slang, vulgar) extremely; very.

   ห่วย

   hùai dtɛ̀ɛk

   extremely poor