พวกเขา

Thai

Etymology

พวก (pûuak, “numerical classifier for a group”) +‎ เขา (kǎo, “he, she”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พวกเขา b w k e kʰ ā
Phonemic		พวก-เขา b w k – e kʰ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	pûuak-kǎo
	Royal Institute	phuak-khao
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰua̯k̚˥˩.kʰaw˩˩˦/(R)

Pronoun

พวกเขา • (pûuak-kǎo)

1. they, them.

Antonyms

• พวกเรา (pûuak-rao)

Further reading

• “พวกเขา” 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.