tua mueang — Hand Poke The northern letters — Tai Tham script, the script of the region's manuscripts and of the yant that go on northern skin. Khom is the central convention, not the northern one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tua-mueang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
sak kha lai — Hand Poke To prick the legs in patterns — the verb, the body part and the word for pattern, in that order. No separate noun for the tattoo is needed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/sak-kha-lai-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Mandalay — Hand Poke Upper Burma's capital until 1885, and the centre of the country whose men were, in Shway Yoe's account, all tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/mandalay/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Hlai women's marks — Hand Poke Hainan: Hlai women marked on face, throat, arms and legs in patterns that told one lineage from another. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/hlai-marks/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K