กล้วย ๆ

Thai

FWOTD – 2 October 2017

Etymology

Reduplication of กล้วย (glûai, banana); perhaps influenced by the idiom ปอกกล้วยเข้าปาก (bpɔ̀ɔk-glûai-kâo-bpàak, literally to peel a banana and put it in the mouth).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกล้วย ๆ
klˆwy  «
Phonemic
กฺล้วย-กฺล้วย
k̥lˆwyk̥lˆwy
RomanizationPaiboonglûai-glûai
Royal Institutekluai-kluai
(standard) IPA(key)/klua̯j˥˩.klua̯j˥˩/(R)

Adjective

กล้วย • (glûai-glûai)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) simple: easy, effortless; basic, elementary.

Synonyms

  • จิ๊บ ๆ
  • เด็ก ๆ
  • หมู ๆ
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