The story
- Thai · borrowed fromส้มป่อย
- English todaysompoi
Borrowed from Thai ส้มป่อย (sôm-bpɔ̀i), from Thai ส้ม (sôm, “orange, sour”) + Thai ปอย (bpɔɔi, “tuft”), referring to the flowers of the plant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sompoi
Today it means: Senegalia rugata (syn. Acacia concinna), a species of acacia which holds importance in several Southeast Asian traditional medicines. Full definition →
Thai ส้มป่อย