The story
- Thai · borrowed fromสองแถว
- English todaysongthaew
From Thai สองแถว (sɔ̌ɔng-tɛ̌o), from สอง (sɔ̌ɔng, “two”) + แถว (tɛ̌o, “row”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A pickup truck converted into a shared taxi by the addition of a bench or row of seats along each side of the bed. Full definition →