"สวย" meaning in Thai

See สวย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sua̯j˩˩˦/ [standard] Forms: sǔai [romanization], ความสวย [abstract-noun]
Etymology: Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), but most of Southwestern Tai languages do not have words for it. Suthiwan and Tadmor (2009) regards สวย (sǔai) as a loanword from Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi). Etymology templates: {{ncog|tai-swe-pro|*suəjᴬ¹||handsome; slender}} Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), {{cog|nan-tws|媠||beautiful|tr=sui²}} Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”), {{cog|lo|ສວຍ}} Lao ສວຍ (suāi) Head templates: {{th-adj}} สวย • (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)
  1. beautiful.
    Sense id: en-สวย-th-adj-qBv1gvfY Categories (other): Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 12 43 45
  2. (of rice) perfectly steamed; well steamed.
    Sense id: en-สวย-th-adj-29rRjXmx Categories (other): Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 12 43 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: งดงาม (ngót-ngaam), งาม (ngaam), วิจิตร (wí-jìt), สดสวย, สวยงาม (sǔai-ngaam)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sua̯j˩˩˦/ [standard] Forms: sǔai [romanization]
Etymology: Corrupted from ซวย (suai). Head templates: {{th-verb|-}} สวย • (sǔai)
  1. (colloquial) to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-สวย-th-verb-Seq0atyl Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 97 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 91 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 12 43 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ขี้ริ้ว"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kîi-rèe",
      "word": "ขี้เหร่"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nâa-glìiat",
      "word": "น่าเกลียด"
    },
    {
      "word": "น่าชัง"
    },
    {
      "roman": "àp-bpà-lák",
      "word": "อัปลักษณ์"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tai-swe-pro",
        "2": "*suəjᴬ¹",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handsome; slender"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-tws",
        "2": "媠",
        "3": "",
        "4": "beautiful",
        "tr": "sui²"
      },
      "expansion": "Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ສວຍ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ສວຍ (suāi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), but most of Southwestern Tai languages do not have words for it.\nSuthiwan and Tadmor (2009) regards สวย (sǔai) as a loanword from Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”).\nIn Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǔai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ความสวย",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "สวย • (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)",
      "name": "th-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 43 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful."
      ],
      "id": "en-สวย-th-adj-qBv1gvfY",
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 43 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perfectly steamed; well steamed."
      ],
      "id": "en-สวย-th-adj-29rRjXmx",
      "links": [
        [
          "rice",
          "rice"
        ],
        [
          "perfectly",
          "perfectly"
        ],
        [
          "steam",
          "steam"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of rice) perfectly steamed; well steamed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of rice"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sua̯j˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ngót-ngaam",
      "word": "งดงาม"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ngaam",
      "word": "งาม"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wí-jìt",
      "word": "วิจิตร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "สดสวย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǔai-ngaam",
      "word": "สวยงาม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "สวย"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Corrupted from ซวย (suai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǔai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "สวย • (sǔai)",
      "name": "th-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 43 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched."
      ],
      "id": "en-สวย-th-verb-Seq0atyl",
      "links": [
        [
          "undergo",
          "undergo"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "scolded",
          "scolded"
        ],
        [
          "punched",
          "punched"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sua̯j˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "สวย"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ขี้ริ้ว"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kîi-rèe",
      "word": "ขี้เหร่"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nâa-glìiat",
      "word": "น่าเกลียด"
    },
    {
      "word": "น่าชัง"
    },
    {
      "roman": "àp-bpà-lák",
      "word": "อัปลักษณ์"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Thai/ua̯j",
    "Thai 1-syllable words",
    "Thai adjectives",
    "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
    "Thai lemmas",
    "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
    "Thai verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tai-swe-pro",
        "2": "*suəjᴬ¹",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handsome; slender"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-tws",
        "2": "媠",
        "3": "",
        "4": "beautiful",
        "tr": "sui²"
      },
      "expansion": "Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ສວຍ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ສວຍ (suāi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), but most of Southwestern Tai languages do not have words for it.\nSuthiwan and Tadmor (2009) regards สวย (sǔai) as a loanword from Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”).\nIn Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǔai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ความสวย",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "สวย • (sǔai) (abstract noun ความสวย)",
      "name": "th-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "perfectly steamed; well steamed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rice",
          "rice"
        ],
        [
          "perfectly",
          "perfectly"
        ],
        [
          "steam",
          "steam"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of rice) perfectly steamed; well steamed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of rice"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sua̯j˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ngót-ngaam",
      "word": "งดงาม"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ngaam",
      "word": "งาม"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wí-jìt",
      "word": "วิจิตร"
    },
    {
      "word": "สดสวย"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǔai-ngaam",
      "word": "สวยงาม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "สวย"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Thai/ua̯j",
    "Thai 1-syllable words",
    "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
    "Thai lemmas",
    "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
    "Thai verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Corrupted from ซวย (suai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǔai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "สวย • (sǔai)",
      "name": "th-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undergo",
          "undergo"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "scolded",
          "scolded"
        ],
        [
          "punched",
          "punched"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sua̯j˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "สวย"
}

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