มา
ma · RTGS: ma
cover a certain distance
เคลื่อนออกจากที่เข้าหาตัวผู้พูด; ใช้ในการเขียนจดหมายทางการ ใช้แสดงทิศทางสู่ตัวผู้ที่เขียนถึง; เป็นคำประกอบกริยาแสดงทิศทางเข้าหาตัวผู้พูด
Same Sound, Different Tones
Multiple Thai words share this romanization but differ in tone and meaning.
cover a certain distance
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times, a compact breed of harness horse, a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs, a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
Why mid tone?
Low-class consonants in live syllables without a tone mark produce Mid tone, same as mid-class consonants.
What is a live syllable?
Live syllable (ends with a vowel or sonorant consonant like m, n, ng)
About Low-class consonants
Low-class consonants include ค, ฅ, ฆ, ง, ช, ซ, ฌ, ญ, ฑ, ฒ, ณ, ท, ธ, น, พ, ฟ, ภ, ม, ย, ร, ล, ว, ฬ, and ฮ. In live syllables without a tone mark, they produce a mid tone. They behave differently with tone marks compared to mid and high-class consonants.