Body and health สะโพก sà-pôok
hip noun
- sà low
- pôok falling
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
How to use it
สะโพกsà-pôok is low, then falling. At a massage shop, point and say ปวดสะโพกbpùat sà-pôok, my hip aches. The waist is เอวew, the bottom ก้นgôn, and the thigh ต้นขาdtôn-kǎa, "the trunk of the leg".
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- sa pok
- sapok
- sa poke
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