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ควย

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ɣwajᴬ (“penis”). Cognate with Lao ໂຄຍ (khōi), Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨣ᩠ᩅᩭ, Lü ᦩᦾ (xwoay), Shan ၵႂႆး (kwái), Tai Nüa ᥑᥩᥭᥰ (xöay), Phake ၵ︀ွႝ (khoy), Ahom 𑜁𑜨𑜩 (khoy), Zhuang vaez, Nong Zhuang vaez. Compare Proto-Austronesian *gaway (“tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.”).

It was believed that the word was corrupted from Pali guyha (“hidden, concealed, unrevealed”) (and then ควยห์ occurred). But not every Tai language with this word had borrowed from Pali and guyha did not literally mean “penis”, thus this is a coincidence.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicควย
g w y
RomanizationPaiboonkuai
Royal Institutekhuai
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰua̯j˧/(R)

Noun

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ควย • (kuai) (classifier ควย)

  1. (vulgar) penis

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Derived terms

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Interjection

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ควย • (kuai)

  1. (vulgar) an expression of anger, displeasure, or dismay

Adverb

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ควย • (kuai)

  1. (vulgar) used for emphasis: the heck, the hell, the fuck, etc.