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สวย

verb

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1
v.

be beautiful

2
v.

be splendid; be gorgeous; be attractive; be pretty; be elegant; be charming; be nice; be graceful; be handsome

Built from

Jonsson (1991) suggested a derivation from a Proto-Southwestern Tai *suəjᴬ¹ (“handsome; slender”), but most Southwestern Tai languages lack reflexes for this hypothetical term. Suthiwan and Tadmor (2009) regards สวย (sǔai) as a loanword from Teochew 媠 (sui², “beautiful”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ສວຍ (suāi). Corrupted from ซวย (suai).

In a sentence

ด้วยผลบุญแห่งการปฏิบัติดี เธอจึงมีความสุขสดชื่น แจ่มใส สวยเสมอและสาวเสมอ

From Wiktionary

1
adj.

beautiful

2
adj.

perfectly steamed; well steamed

3
v. · (colloquial)

to undergo something bad, such as to get scolded or punched