ขาก

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Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC khaek), possibly onomatopoeic. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຂາກ (khāk) or ຄາກ (khāk), ᦃᦱᧅ (ẋaak), Zhuang gak or gag, Zuojiang Zhuang hak.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicขาก
kʰ ā k
RomanizationPaiboonkàak
Royal Institutekhak
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ขาก (kàak) (abstract noun การขาก)

  1. to spit out; to hawk out (phlegm)