ไก่เขี่ย
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ไก่ (gài, “chicken”) + เขี่ย (kìia, “to scratch”); possibly calque of English chicken scratch.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | ไก่เขี่ย ai k ˋ e kʰ ī ˋ y | |
| Phonemic | ไก่-เขี่ย ai k ˋ – e kʰ ī ˋ y | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gài-kìia |
| Royal Institute | kai-khia | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kaj˨˩.kʰia̯˨˩/(R) | |
Adjective
[edit]ไก่เขี่ย • (gài-kìia)
- (idiomatic, of handwriting) chicken-scratch.