Thai

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Etymology

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Compare Pali chava (corpse; bad) or savati (to flow; to drip).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสวะ
s w a
Phonemic
สะ-หฺวะ
s a – h ̥ w a
RomanizationPaiboonsà-wà
Royal Institutesa-wa
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.waʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun

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สวะ (sà-wà)

  1. floating weeds.

Adjective

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สวะ (sà-wà) (abstract noun ความสวะ)

  1. (colloquial) bad; useless
  2. (colloquial) plenty

Derived terms

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