เล่นสวาท

Thai

Etymology

เล่น (lên, “to play; to have fun; to act, to perform; etc”) +‎ สวาท (swàat, “comfort man”); literally "to have fun with a comfort man", "to play with a comfort man", etc.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เล่นสวาท e l ˋ n s w ā d
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		เล็่น-สะ-หฺวาด e l ˘ ˋ n – s a – h ̥ w ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	lên-sà-wàat
	Royal Institute	len-sa-wat
(standard) IPA(key)		/len˥˩.sa˨˩.waːt̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

เล่นสวาท • (lên-sà-wàat) (abstract noun การเล่นสวาท)

1. (LGBTQ, archaic, used of a man) to adopt a boy for sexual purposes.
2. (LGBTQ, archaic, used of a man) to have a sexual relationship or engage in a sexual activity with a man; to have a male homosexual relationship; to be a male homosexual; to be a gay.

Antonyms

• เล่นเพื่อน (lên-pʉ̂ʉan)

Related terms

• เป็นสวาท