เหี้ย

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. There is a myth that the name of the lizard came from the exclamation of the person who first encountered it.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหี้ย
e h ī ˆ y
Phonemic
เฮี่ย
e ɦ ī ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboonhîia
Royal Institutehia
(standard) IPA(key)/hia̯˥˩/(R)
Asian water monitor
Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard

Noun

เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (zoology) (ตัว~) Asian water monitor: the lizard Varanus salvator of the family Varanidae.
  2. (biblical) tortoise (referring to Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard).
  3. (loosely) (ตัว~) any large lizard.
  4. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) (อี~, ไอ้~) anyone or anything considered to be unpleasant, unfavourable, disagreeable, or contemptible.

Derived terms

Adjective

เหี้ย (hîia) (abstract noun ความเหี้ย)

  1. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasant; unfavourable; disagreeable; contemptible.

Adverb

เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasantly; unfavourably; disagreeably; contemptibly.
  2. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) used as an intensifier: the fuck, the hell, the heck, etc.
    ทำเหี้ยไรอยู่
    tam hîia rai yùu
    What the fuck are you doing?
  3. (slang, vulgar, can be offensive) extremely; very.
    น่ารักเหี้ย
    nâa-rák hîia
    Fucking cute!
    ร้อนเหี้ย
    rɔ́ɔn hîia hîia
    Hot as fuck! (describing the weather)

Interjection

เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (slang, vulgar, can be offensive) an exclamation of anger, contempt, disapproval, discontent, disgust, dismay, rejection, or surprise.