บ๋อย

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from English boy. Compare Khmer បោយ (baoy), Lao ໂບຍ (bōi), Vietnamese bồi.

Pronunciation

Orthographicบ๋อย
ɓ ˇ ɒ y
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
บ็๋อย
ɓ ˘ ˇ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonbɔ̌i
Royal Instituteboi
(standard) IPA(key)/bɔj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

บ๋อย • (bɔ̌i) (classifier คน)

  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory or offensive) waiter.

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.