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)
- (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.