ถืก(tèuk)

Meanings

1AdjectiveA2

cheap; inexpensive (Isan/Lao)

costing little; inexpensive (dialectal equivalent of standard Thai ถูกถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker) ‘cheap’)

3VerbB2

[to] be subjected to; passive/experiential marker (Isan/Lao)

to be affected by an action; marks passive or experiential events, equivalent to standard Thai ถูกถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker) (e.g., ถืกตีกะบ่เจ็บ ‘was hit but not hurt’)

Examples

Yesterday my younger sibling was bitten by many mosquitoes, making them so itchy they couldn’t sleep.