หอยแมลงภู่

Thai

Etymology

From หอย (hɔ̌i, shellfish) +‎ แมลงภู่ (má-lɛɛng-pûu, carpenter bee), presumably due to similarity in appearance and coloration of mussels to carpenter bees.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหอยแมลงภู่
h ɒ y æ m l ŋ bʰ ū ˋ
Phonemic
หอย-มะ-แลง-พู่
h ɒ y – m a – æ l ŋ – b ū ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonhɔ̌ɔi-má-lɛɛng-pûu
Royal Institutehoi-ma-laeng-phu
(standard) IPA(key)/hɔːj˩˩˦.ma˦˥.lɛːŋ˧.pʰuː˥˩/(R)

Noun

หอยแมลงภู่ • (hɔ̌ɔi-má-lɛɛng-pûu) (classifier ตัว)

  1. mussel (Perna viridis)

Further reading

  • หอยแมลงภู่” 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.