See also: ส่วย

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicสวย
s w y
RomanizationPaiboonsǔai
Royal Institutesuai
(standard) IPA(key)/sua̯j˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi). Compare Min Nan (súi).

Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (handsome; slender) but most of SWT languages do not have words for it.

Adjective

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สวย (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)

  1. beautiful.
  2. (of rice) perfectly steamed; well steamed.
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Etymology 2

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Corrupted from ซวย (suai).

Verb

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สวย (sǔai)

  1. (colloquial) to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched.