แหวกว่าย

Thai

Etymology

From แหวก (wɛ̀ɛk, “to push aside”) +‎ ว่าย (wâai, “to swim”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicแหวกว่าย
æ h w k w ˋ ā y
Phonemic
แหฺวก-ว่าย
æ h ̥ w k – w ˋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonwɛ̀ɛk-wâai
Royal Institutewaek-wai
(standard) IPA(key)/wɛːk̚˨˩.waːj˥˩/(R)

Verb

แหวกว่าย • (wɛ̀ɛk-wâai) (abstract noun การแหวกว่าย)

  1. to move about in water or air using limbs, fin, tail, etc.; to swim about.

Further reading

  • “แหวกว่าย” 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.
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