pɔ̂ɔ-dtaafather-in-law (wife's father)
TonesพClasslowSyllablestwo
Made of
literally “father who is the children's maternal grandfather”
ตา on its own means “eye; grandfather (mother's father)”.
How it reads
พ่อตา
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Letters in the word
Kai says
Thai usually runs words together. Spaces tend to separate larger groups of words, so finding the word boundaries is part of reading.