สิบแปดมงกุฎ

Thai

Etymology

สิบแปด (sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt, eighteen) + มงกุฎ (mong-gùt, monkey); literally "eighteen monkeys", referring to the eighteen chief monkey soldiers of Prince Ram in the epic poem Rammakian.

Pronunciation

Orthographicสิบแปดมงกุฎ
siɓæpɗmŋku
Phonemicสิบ-แปด-มง-กุด
siɓæpɗmŋkuɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsìp-bpɛ̀ɛt-mong-gùt
Royal Institutesip-paet-mong-kut
(standard) IPA(key)/sip̚˨˩.pɛːt̚˨˩.moŋ˧.kut̚˨˩/

Noun

สิบแปดมงกุฎ (sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt-mong-gùt)

  1. (idiomatic) conman; crook; fraud; swindler.
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