ตับแตก

Thai

Etymology

From ตับ (dtàp, “thatching made from nipa palm leaves”) +‎ แตก (dtɛ̀ɛk, “to break; to explode”); referring to a situation in which thatching is destroyed by sun exposure.[1][2]

Pronunciation
Orthographicตับแตก
t ạ ɓ æ t k
Phonemic
ตับ-แตก
t ạ ɓ – æ t k
RomanizationPaiboondtàp-dtɛ̀ɛk
Royal Institutetap-taek
(standard) IPA(key)/tap̚˨˩.tɛːk̚˨˩/(R)

Adverb

ตับแตก • (dtàp-dtɛ̀ɛk)

  1. (used to describe hot weather, slang, idiomatic, hyperbolic) extremely; very; intolerably.

Adjective

ตับแตก • (dtàp-dtɛ̀ɛk)

  1. (describing weather, slang, idiomatic, hyperbolic) extremely hot; very hot; intolerably hot.

References
  1. “มารู้จักที่มา"ร้อนตับแตก"”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎ (in Thai), Thai PBS, 2013 April 9
  2. จินดารัตน์ โพธิ์นอก (2015 May 1) “ตับแตก”, in Daiy News‎ (in Thai)
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