ขวา

kwǎaadjective

right (side)

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1adj.

right; the right side (opposite of left)curated

Built from

Borrowed from Old Chinese 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩠ᩅᩣ, Lao ຂວາ (khuā), Lü ᦧᦱ (ẋwaa), Shan ၶႂႃ (khwǎa), Zhuang gvaz, Bouyei gvaz. Compare Sui fal (“right”), Southern Kam wap (“right”).

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ขวา inside longer words

เลี้ยวขวาที่นี่turn right here

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