โหลยโท่ย

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Thai

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Etymology

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Possibly from Teochew (loi6) + (toin2), from the idiom 無看無睞无看无睐 (bho5 toin2 bho5 loi6, “absent-minded, careless; silly, clumsy, gawky; etc”).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicโหลยโท่ย
o h l y o d ˋ y
Phonemic
โหฺลย-โท่ย
o h ̥ l y – o d ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboonlǒoi-tôoi
Royal Instituteloi-thoi
(standard) IPA(key)/loːj˩˩˦.tʰoːj˥˩/(R)

Adjective

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โหลยโท่ย (lǒoi-tôoi) (abstract noun ความโหลยโท่ย)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) very bad, poor, or low (in performance or quality).