ข้อแก้ตัว

Thai

Etymology

From ข้อ (kɔ̂ɔ, “joint”) +‎ แก้ตัว (gɛ̂ɛ-dtuua, “to make up for one's losses or errors, find an excuse”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้อแก้ตัว
kʰ ˆ ɒ æ k ˆ t ạ w
Phonemic
ค่อ-แก้-ตัว
g ˋ ɒ – æ k ˆ – t ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonkɔ̂ɔ-gɛ̂ɛ-dtuua
Royal Institutekho-kae-tua
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɔː˥˩.kɛː˥˩.tua̯˧/(R)

Noun

ข้อแก้ตัว • (kɔ̂ɔ-gɛ̂ɛ-dtuua)

  1. excuse; pretext

Further reading

  • “ข้อแก้ตัว” 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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