วอก

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer vak, vok, or Angkorian Old Khmer vak°, vauk° (monkey). Cognate with Modern Khmer វក (vɔɔk); Lao ວອກ (wǭk).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวอก
wɒk
RomanizationPaiboonwɔ̂ɔk
Royal Institutewok
(standard) IPA(key)/wɔːk̚˥˩/

Noun

วอก (wɔ̂ɔk)

  1. monkey.
  2. (astrology) (ปี~, ~ศก) year of the Monkey, the ninth year under the lunar cycle of twelve years.
  3. (colloquial) annoying, mischievous, or deceitful person.

Proper noun

วอก (wɔ̂ɔk)

  1. (astrology) Monkey, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

Adjective

วอก (wɔ̂ɔk)

  1. (of facial makeup) too white like the face of a monkey.

Synonyms

See also

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