หอก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kroːkᴰ (“spear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩬᨠ, Lao ຫອກ, Khün ᩉᩬᨠ, Tai Dam ꪬꪮꪀ, Lü ᦠᦸᧅᧈ (ḣoak¹), Shan ႁွၵ်ႇ (hàuk), Ahom 𑜍𑜨𑜀𑜫 (rok), Zhuang rok or kyok.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicหอก
h ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonhɔ̀ɔk
Royal Institutehok
(standard) IPA(key)/hɔːk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

หอก • (hɔ̀ɔk) (classifier เล่ม)

  1. spear (weapon).

Adverb

หอก • (hɔ̀ɔk)

  1. (slang, vulgar, offensive) used as an intensifier: the heck; the hell; the fuck; etc.
    ทำหอกอะไร
    tam hɔ̀ɔk à-rai
    What the hell [are you] doing?
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