Etymology

From ความ ‎(kwaam, “condition, state; affair, matter; lawsuit; etc”) +‎ วัว ‎(wuua, “cow”) +‎ ไม่ ‎(mâi, “not”) +‎ ทัน ‎(tan, “to catch up, to overtake; in time; yet; etc”) +‎ หาย ‎(hǎai, “to disappear; to end; to lose”) +‎ ความ ‎(kwaam, “condition, state; affair, matter; lawsuit; etc”) +‎ ควาย ‎(kwaai, “water buffalo”) +‎ เข้า ‎(kâo, “to come; to enter; etc”) +‎ มา ‎(maa, “to arrive; to come; in; etc”) +‎ แทรก ‎(sɛ̂ɛk, “to insert; to interfere, to intervene; to mingle, to mix; etc”); literally "the condition of cows does not yet cease, the condition of buffaloes comes in to join".

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