มะเขือเทศ

Thai

Etymology

From มะเขือ (má-kʉ̌ʉa, eggplant) +‎ เทศ (têet, foreign). For similar semantics in an unrelated language, compare Chinese 番茄 (fānqié, “tomato”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมะเขือเทศ
m a e kʰ ụ̄ ɒ e d ɕ
Phonemic
มะ-เขือ-เทด
m a – e kʰ ụ̄ ɒ – e d ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-kʉ̌ʉa-têet
Royal Institutema-khuea-thet
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.kʰɯa̯˩˩˦.tʰeːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

มะเขือเทศ • (má-kʉ̌ʉa-têet)

  1. tomato.

Further reading

  • มะเขือเทศ” 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.