Pescator Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I have heard several words for "frog" in thai. The most common one being Gob. But beside from that one, I also hear "Khiad" used about a small one - thais eat that one fried in oil - and "Baaht" a brown one with kind of a prolonged body and big scary eyes. That makes me wonder, in my language as well as in english? - to the best of my knowledge - there is only one word covering all species of frogs. And I am not talking about the toad - Khaang Kok. Anyone can shed some light here? Or mayby point me to a link with some pictures. I have so far found this one on my own and it is apparently called Kiat Laew in thai. Kiat Laew Cheers Hua Nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 A frog is a frenchman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Thanks Oran, that is helpful :: Cheers Hua Nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeng bireley Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 According to my dictionary " khiad" is a small frog or toad and " baat" is a type of tree frog. These are names of types of frogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Thanks Daeng. It has always been a source to confusion when my missus would claim that Kiat is not a frog, it is a kiat!!! :: Cheers Hua Nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 my guess is that originally Thais had different words for what they considered different animals but as science came along and said that they were esentially the same so the official name changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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