กุ๊ย

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hokkien 鬼 (kúi, “ghost; ghastly”).^[1] Compare Teochew 鬼 (kúi).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemic		กุ๊ย k u ˊ y
Romanization	Paiboon	gúi
	Royal Institute	kui
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kuj˦˥/^(R)

Noun edit

กุ๊ย • (gúi)

(colloquial) hobo; vagrant; bum

References edit

^ Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai

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