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สุขา

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุข:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, “agreeable”)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุขะ:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, “agreeable”)

Noun

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สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุข (sukha, “happiness”)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุขะ (sukha, “happiness”)

Thai

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Thai: สุขา
English: Toilets
Chinese: 洗手间

Etymology 1

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From clipping of สุขาภิบาล (sù-kǎa-pí-baan), the name of a now-defunct government agency in charge of sanitation, established in 2440 BE (1897/98 CE).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsù-kǎa
Royal Institutesu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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สุขา • (sù-kǎa)

  1. (polite and informal) public toilet
  2. (polite and informal) restroom
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุก-ขา
s u k – kʰ ā
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsùk-kǎasù-kǎa
Royal Institutesuk-khasu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/suk̚˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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สุขา • (sùk-kǎa)

  1. (literary, poetic) alternative form of สุข (sùk)

Further reading

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  • “สุขา” 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.