ข้อความ

Thai

Etymology

From ข้อ (kɔ̂ɔ, “joint”) +‎ ความ (kwaam, “matter, affair”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ข้อความ kʰ ˆ ɒ g w ā m
Phonemic		ค่อ-คฺวาม g ˋ ɒ – g ̥ w ā m
Romanization	Paiboon	kɔ̂ɔ-kwaam
	Royal Institute	kho-khwam
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰɔː˥˩.kʰwaːm˧/(R)

Noun

ข้อความ • (kɔ̂ɔ-kwaam)

1. message; information; passage; text.

Further reading

• “ข้อความ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.