Where does “ตัวใครตัวมัน” come from?
ตัวใครตัวมัน (Thai) comes from Thai มัน, from Thai สำปะหลัง, from Min Nan 三寶壟.
ตัวใครตัวมัน (Thai): used to describe a situation in which everyone has to take care of himself: every man for himself; devil take the hindmost; etc
Definitions
- used to describe a situation in which everyone has to take care of himself: every man for himself; devil take the hindmost; etc
Ancestry of “ตัวใครตัวมัน”, step by step
ตัวใครตัวมัน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai มัน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | มัน | a third person pronoun used to refer to a... |
| 2 | Thai | สำปะหลัง | — |
| 3 | Min Nan | 三寶壟 | — |
via Thai ตัว
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ตัว | self; figure; form; shape; body; embodiment;... |
| 2 | Old Chinese | 頭 | — |
via Thai ใคร
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ใคร | who; which person; what person? |