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Thai
Etymology
Compound of ขี้ (kîi, a prefix used to indicate likelihood, tendency, etc) + เกียจ (gìiat, “lazy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat) (abstract noun ความขี้เกียจ)
- (colloquial) lazy; idle; inactive; sluggish.
- Synonyms: เกียจ (gìiat), เกียจคร้าน (gìiat-kráan), กำเนียจ, โกสัช, ขี้คร้าน (kîi-kráan), คร้าน (kráan), ทันธ์, มนท์
Derived terms
Verb
ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat)
- (slang, auxiliary) (จะ~) used to express the feeling of not wanting to do something, especially because of tiredness or annoyance.
2024 April 17, jungswni_, “”, in x.com/jungswni_:
- ขี้เกียจจะบ่นแต่ก็ต้องพูด
- kîi-gìiat jà bòn dtɛ̀ɛ gɔ̂ dtɔ̂ng pûut
- don't want to complain but have to speak up.
2023 November 21, nchdaq, “”, in x.com/nchdaq:
- ยิ่งโตขึ้นยิ่งขี้เกียจจะพูดออกไปว่ากำลังเจออะไร
- yîng dtoo kʉ̂n yîng kîi-gìiat jà pûut ɔ̀ɔk-bpai wâa gam-lang jəə à-rai
- The more grow up, the more don't want to speak out about what being faced with.