เขย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.kɯəjᴬ (“son-in-law”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩮᩥ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨡᩮᩨ᩠ᨿ, Lao ເຂີຍ (khœ̄i), Lü ᦵᦃᧀ (ẋoey), Shan ၶူၺ် (khǒi), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜐𑜫 (khuñ), Zhuang gwiz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		เขย e kʰ y
Romanization	Paiboon	kə̌əi
	Royal Institute	khoei
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰɤːj˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

เขย • (kə̌əi) (classifier คน)

husband of one's relative

Derived terms

น้องเขย (“younger brother-in-law”)
น้าเขย (“husband of younger sister of one's father or mother”)
พี่เขย (“elder brother-in-law”)
ลุงเขย (“husband of older sister of one's father or mother”)
ลูกเขย<t:son-in-law (lûuk-kə̌əi<t:son-in-law)

Related terms

น้องสะใภ้ (“younger sister-in-law”)
น้าสะใภ้ (“wife of younger brother of one's father or mother”)
ป้าสะใภ้ (“wife of elder brother of one's father or mother”)
พี่สะใภ้ (“elder sister-in-law”)
ลูกสะใภ้ (lûuk-sà-pái, “daughter-in-law”)

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