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มัน

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See also: มีน

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicมัน
m ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonman
Royal Instituteman
(standard) IPA(key)/man˧/(R)
Homophonesมันส์

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *manᴬ (“grease; oil”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ມັນ (man), Shan မၼ်း (mán), Ahom 𑜉𑜃𑜫 (man).

Compare Proto-Be *maːnᴬ² (“grease”), Proto-Austronesian *SimaR (“grease, oil, fat”).

Noun

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มัน • (man)

  1. fat; grease; oil; tallow
    มันหมู
    man mǔu
    pork fat

Adjective

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มัน • (man) (abstract noun ความมัน)

  1. greasy; oily
    หน้ามัน
    nâa man
    oily face
  2. tasting like coconut milk, fat, oil, etc.
    แกงนี้มันมาก
    gɛɛng níi man mâak
    This curry tastes oily/ like fat/coconut milk.
  3. glossy; lustrous; shiny
    กระดาษมัน
    grà-dàat man
    glossy paper

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *manᴬ (“yam”).[2]

Cognate with Lao ມັນ (man), Lü ᦙᧃ (man), Shan မၼ်း (mán), Ahom 𑜉𑜃𑜫 (man), Zhuang maenz.

Noun

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มัน • (man)

  1. yam; tuber (Classifiers: ต้น or หัว)
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Tai *manᴬ (“singular third-person pronoun (strong)”).[3]

Cognate with Isan มัน, Lao ມັນ (man), Northern Thai ᨾᩢ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᨾᩢ᩠ᨶ, Tai Dam ꪣꪽ, Shan မၼ်း (mán), Ahom 𑜉𑜃𑜫 (man), Zhuang minz (dialectal) and faenz ?, Zuojiang Zhuang minz and mwnz.

Pronoun

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มัน • (man)

  1. a third person pronoun used to refer to a non-human animal/animals: he, she, it, they, etc.
    มันเป็นหมาบ้านไหน
    man bpen mǎa bâan nǎi
    Which house owns it (this dog)?
  2. (informal) a third person pronoun used to refer to an inanimate thing/things: it, they, etc.
    มันไม่ใช่โคเคนแต่มันคือแป้ง
    man mâi-châi koo-keen dtɛ̀ɛ man kʉʉ bpɛ̂ɛng
    It is not cocaine but it is starch.
  3. (colloquial, can be considered derogatory and offensive) a third person pronoun used to refer to a child/children, younger person/persons, or person/persons of lower status: he, she, it, they, etc.
    มันเป็นใคร?
    man bpen krai?
    Who is he/she/it/they? (derogatory)
  4. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) a third person pronoun used to refer to anyone: he, she, it, they, etc.
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See also
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Thai personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person masculine ผม (pǒm) เรา (rao)
feminine ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
neutral
(colloquial)
ฉัน (chǎn)
2nd person คุณ (kun)
3rd person masculine,
feminine
เขา (kǎo)
neutral มัน (man)

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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มัน • (man) (abstract noun ความมัน)

  1. fun; enjoyable; pleasing
    หนังเรื่องนี้โคตรมัน
    nǎng rʉ̂ʉang níi kôot man
    This film is really fun.
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 333
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 332
  3. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[3], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 358

Further reading

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  • “มัน” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.