แกว(gaew)
Meanings
1NounC1
Vietnamese person (offensive/dated)
An old term for a Vietnamese person. It is now considered offensive or rude; avoid using it.
Examples
คุณย่าkun yâaคุณย่าkun yâapaternal grandmother; father’s mother (honorific/term of address)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)เล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fangเล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fang[to] tell [sb]; [to] recount (to [sb]); [to] share what happened (with [sb])ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeสมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleแกวgaewแกวgaewVietnamese person (offensive/dated)อพยพมาòp-pá-yóp maaอพยพมาòp-pá-yóp maa[to] migrate here; [to] immigrateอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainแถวนี้tăeo néeแถวนี้tăeo née1around here; nearby2this area; this neighborhood3approximately; around this time/amountเยอะyéhเยอะyéh1many; much; a lot (of)2very; a lot (informal intensifier)3excessive; too much
My grandma used to tell me that a long time ago, many Vietnamese people (using the old term 'gaew') migrated to this area.