แม่มด

Thai

FWOTD – 1 September 2016

Etymology

From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, “female prefix”) +‎ มด (mót, “person of occult knowledge; person who practices magic or sorcery”).

Cognate with Lao ແມ່ມົດ (mǣ mot, “witch”), Zhuang mehmoed (“female shaman”),[1] Lü ᦶᦙᧈᦷᦙᧆ (mae¹mod, “witch”); Compared with Khmer មេមត់ (mei mŭət, “witch; medium”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicแม่มด
æ m ˋ m ɗ
Phonemic
แม่-มด
æ m ˋ – m ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ-mót
Royal Institutemae-mot
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩.mot̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

แม่มด • (mɛ̂ɛ-mót)

  1. sorceress; witch.

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References

  1. Kao Ya-Ning (2011). "Crossing the Seas: Tai Shamanic Chanting and its Cosmology", in SHAMAN, Volume 19 Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring /Autumn 2011). Retrieved from
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