สวย

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See also: ส่วย

Thai

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

สวย • (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)

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

Corrupted from ซวย (suai).

Verb

สวย • (sǔai)

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