ปลาหมอตายเพราะปาก

Thai

Etymology

From ปลา (bplaa, “fish (used as a prefix)”) +‎ หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ, “climbing perch”) +‎ ตาย (dtaai, “to die”) +‎ เพราะ (prɔ́, “because”) +‎ ปาก (bpàak, “mouth”); literally "a climbing perch dies because of [its own] mouth"; referring the breathing habits of the climbing perches which make their hunters know their presence.

Pronunciation
Orthographicปลาหมอตายเพราะปาก
p l ā h m ɒ t ā y e b r ā a p ā k
Phonemic
ปฺลา-หฺมอ-ตาย-เพฺราะ-ปาก
p ̥ l ā – h ̥ m ɒ – t ā y – e b ̥ r ā a – p ā k
RomanizationPaiboonbplaa-mɔ̌ɔ-dtaai-prɔ́-bpàak
Royal Institutepla-mo-tai-phro-pak
(standard) IPA(key)/plaː˧.mɔː˩˩˦.taːj˧.pʰrɔʔ˦˥.paːk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปลาหมอตายเพราะปาก • (bplaa-mɔ̌ɔ-dtaai-prɔ́-bpàak)

  1. (idiomatic) one who is ruined because of one's own careless remark or speaking.
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