สวย

See also: ส่วย

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		สวย s w y
Romanization	Paiboon	sǔai
	Royal Institute	suai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/sua̯j˩˩˦/^(R)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi). Compare Min Nan 媠 (súi).

Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”)^[1] but most of Southwestern Tai languages do not have words for it.

Adjective

สวย • (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)

beautiful.
(of rice) perfectly steamed; well steamed.

Synonyms

งดงาม (ngót-ngaam)
งาม (ngaam)
วิจิตร (wí-jìt)
สดสวย
สวยงาม (sǔai-ngaam)

Antonyms

Etymology 2

Corrupted from ซวย (suai).

Verb

สวย • (sǔai)

(colloquial) to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched.

References

^ Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai, Ann Arbor: State University of New York at Albany MA thesis

[1] Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai, Ann Arbor: State University of New York at Albany MA thesis

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