กุ๊ย

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 鬼 (kúi, “ghost; ghastly”).[1] Compare Teochew 鬼 (kúi).

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicกุ๊ย
k u ˊ y
RomanizationPaiboongúi
Royal Institutekui
(standard) IPA(key)/kuj˦˥/(R)

Noun

กุ๊ย • (gúi)

  1. (colloquial) hobo; vagrant; bum

References
  1. Notes on Modern Chinese Loanwords in Thai
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