ขี้เกียจ

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ขี้ (kîi, a prefix used to indicate likelihood, tendency, etc) +‎ เกียจ (gìiat, lazy); the latter possibly came from Proto-Tai *kliːkᴰ (lazy)[1] (whence possibly cognate with Zhuang gik (lazy)).

Pronunciation

Orthographicขี้เกียจ
kʰ ī ˆ e k ī y t͡ɕ
Phonemic
คี่-เกียด
g ī ˋ – e k ī y ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonkîi-gìiat
Royal Institutekhi-kiat
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiː˥˩.kia̯t̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat) (abstract noun ความขี้เกียจ)

  1. (colloquial) lazy; idle; inactive; sluggish.
    Synonyms: เกียจ (gìiat), เกียจคร้าน (gìiat-kráan), กำเนียจ, โกสัช, ขี้คร้าน (kîi-kráan), คร้าน (kráan), ทันธ์, มนท์

Derived terms

Verb

ขี้เกียจ • (kîi-gìiat)

  1. (slang, auxiliary) (จะ~) used to express the feeling of not wanting to do something, especially because of tiredness or annoyance.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 346