หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่ h m ū e h ˘ ɗ e p ˘ ɗ ai k ˋ
Phonemic		หฺมู-เห็ด-เป็ด-ไก่ h ̥ m ū – e h ˘ ɗ – e p ˘ ɗ – ai k ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	mǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài
	Royal Institute	mu-het-pet-kai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/muː˩˩˦.het̚˨˩.pet̚˨˩.kaj˨˩/

Etymology 1

From หมู (mǔu, “pig; pork”), referring to แห้วหมู (“purple nutsedge”, literally “pig's sedge”) + เห็ด (hèt, “mushroom”), referring to ชุมเห็ด (“senna”, literally “herbal mushroom”) + เป็ด (bpèt, “duck”), referring to ตีนเป็ด (“dogbane”, literally “duck's foot”) + ไก่ (gài, “chicken; fowl”), referring to ประคำไก่ (“the plant Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.”, literally “fowl's rosary”).

Noun

หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่ • (mǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài)

(idiomatic, botany and archaic) medicinal herb.

Etymology 2

spiritual offerings in Thailand.

From หมู (mǔu, “pig; pork”) +‎ เห็ด (hèt, “mushroom”) +‎ เป็ด (bpèt, “duck”) +‎ ไก่ (gài, “chicken; fowl”), probably influenced by spiritual offerings.

Noun

หมูเห็ดเป็ดไก่ • (mǔu-hèt-bpèt-gài)

(idiomatic) large meal, especially one complete with both meat and vegetables.

Related terms

See related terms at เสือสิงห์กระทิงแรด (sʉ̌ʉa-sǐng-grà-ting-rɛ̂t)