หมดไฟ
Thai
Etymology
From หมด (mòt, “to run out”) + ไฟ (fai, “electricity; energy; fire; flame; etc”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | หมดไฟ h m ɗ ai f | |
| Phonemic | หฺมด-ไฟ h ̥ m ɗ – ai f | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | mòt-fai |
| Royal Institute | mot-fai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /mot̚˨˩.faj˧/(R) | |
Verb
หมดไฟ • (mòt-fai) (abstract noun การหมดไฟ)
- (slang) to become fatigue or sluggish, especially at work; to undergo burnout.
- (slang, of a male) to lose libido; to undergo erectile dysfunction.
Antonyms
- มีไฟ (literally “to have fire”)
References
- Royal Institute of Thailand. (2009). Photčhanānukrom kham mai lem sǭng chabap rātchabandittayasathān พจนานุกรมคำใหม่ เล่ม ๒ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [Royal Institute Dictionary of New Words, Volume 2]. (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 132.