หัวร่อ

Thai

Alternative forms

• หัวเราะ (hǔua-rɔ́) (colloquial)

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, “to laugh”) + a component ร่อ (rɔ̂ɔ) which only seems to appear in this word and its variants and derivatives.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หัวร่อ h ạ w r ˋ ɒ
Phonemic		หัว-ร่อ h ạ w – r ˋ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	hǔua-rɔ̂ɔ
	Royal Institute	hua-ro
(standard) IPA(key)		/hua̯˩˩˦.rɔː˥˩/(R)

Verb

หัวร่อ • (hǔua-rɔ̂ɔ) (abstract noun การหัวร่อ)

1. (somewhat archaic) to laugh.

Further reading

• “หัวร่อ” 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.