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ควาย  khwaayM
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1.ควายkhwaayM[general] water buffalo
2.เนื้อควายneuuaH khwaayMbuffalo meat

pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiคฺวาย
IPAkʰwaːj
Royal Thai General Systemkhwai

1. common Thai word   [noun]
definition
[general] water buffalo

image    
classifierตัว dtuaaM[numerical classifier for digits, bodies, shirts, pants, suits, animals, fish, germs, chairs, tables, desks, software title]
categories
synonymถึกtheukLyoung ox; male water buffalo
related wordทุย  thuyMa water buffalo with two-crooked horns used in Thai rice fields
examplesขี้ควายkheeF khwaayMwater buffalo dung
ควายโจกฝูงkhwaayM johkL fuungRthe lead water buffalo in a herd
คอ ควายkhaawM khwaayMThe 4th consonant in the Thai alphabet
คอ ควายเข้านาkhaawM khwaayM khaoF naaMKh is for /khwaayM/ (the water buffalo) who enters the rice paddy
ซื้อควายในหนองseuuH khwaayM naiM naawngRto purchase something sight unseen; to buy "a pig in a poke"
เนื้อควายneuuaH khwaayMbuffalo meat
มะนาวควายmaH naaoM khwaayMlime
โรงวัวควายrohngM wuaaM khwaayMcow or buffalo shed
อยู่ระหว่างเขาควายyuuL raH waangL khaoR khwaayMto be facing a dilemma
ไอ้ควายaiF khwaayM[a vulgar curse or insult]
sample
sentences
ความวัวยังไม่หาย ความควายเข้ามาแทรก
khwaamM wuaaM yangM maiF haayR khwaamM khwaayM khaoF maaM saaekF
[lit.] "We haven't finished with the cows, and (now) here come the buffaloes." — [i.e.] "When it rains, it pours."
ภายในหมู่บ้านมีหัววัวควาย หัวหมู และหัวไก่ทิ้งอยู่ระเกะระกะ
phaayM naiM muuL baanF meeM huaaR wuaaM khwaayM huaaR muuR laeH huaaR gaiL thingH yuuL raH gehL raH gaL
"Within the village there were ox and buffalo heads, pig skulls, and chicken heads scattered all about."
สีซอให้ควายฟัง
seeR saawM haiF khwaayM fangM
"Cast pearls before swine." — "Water off a duck's back."
as a suffixหมากเม่าควายmaakL maoF khwaayMa berry, Antidesma velutinosum
2. เนื้อควาย  neuuaH khwaayM  [noun]
definition
buffalo meat

classifierชิ้น chinH[numerical classifier for pieces of food; for a piece of writing]

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