คว่ำ

From Proto-Tai *qwamꟲ (“face down”).^[1]

Cognate with Lao ຄວ່ຳ (khuam); possibly Zhuang ngaem (“to face down”), goemz (ditto) (dialectal), gumj (ditto) (dialectal), gomh (“to bow down (rice stalk)”) (dialectal).

คว่ำ • (kwâm) (abstract noun การคว่ำ)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to turn upside down; to turn over; to flip over; to capsize; to upset

   เรือคว่ำ

   rʉʉa kwâm

   A boat turns upside down.

   คว่ำเรือ

   kwâm rʉʉa

   to turn a boat upside down; to capsize a boat

2. (slang) to overthrow; to defeat

   โหวตคว่ำร่างกฎหมาย

   wòot kwâm râang gòt-mǎai

   to vote against a draft law; to vote down a draft law
   (literally) to vote to overthrow a draft law

   คว่ำคู่แข่ง

   kwâm kûu-kɛ̀ng

   to defeat the rival

คว่ำ • (kwâm)

1. upside down; with the face downward; in a ventricumbent manner

   นอนคว่ำ

   nɔɔn kwâm

   to lie prone

• “คว่ำ” 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.