ขาก

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 喀 (MC khaek), possibly onomatopoeic. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຂາກ (khāk) or ຄາກ (khāk), Lü ᦃᦱᧅ (ẋaak), Zhuang gak or gag, Zuojiang Zhuang hak.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicขาก
kʰ ā k
RomanizationPaiboonkàak
Royal Institutekhak
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ขาก • (kàak) (abstract noun การขาก)

  1. to spit out; to hawk out (phlegm)
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