Etymograph

English

sompoi

Sompoi comes from Thai ส้มป่อย ‘Senegalia rugata’.

  1. Thaimodernส้มป่อย1sôm-bpɔ̀i‘Senegalia rugata’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019sompoi1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sompoi
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2019, Jiratchaya Wisetkomolmat, Detergent Plants of Northern Thailand: Potential Sources of : “Acacia concinna, commonly known as Skikakai in Hindi or…”.

Lineage

  1. Thaimodernส้มป่อยWiktionary, English sompoisôm-bpɔ̀i‘Senegalia rugata’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019sompoiWiktionary, English sompoi. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2019, Jiratchaya Wisetkomolmat, Detergent Plants of Northern Thailand: Potential Sources of : “Acacia concinna, commonly known as Skikakai in Hindi or…”

Formed from ส้ม ‘orange, sour’ + ปอย ‘tuft’

Every English word from Thai ส้มป่อย

Today it means

noun Senegalia rugata (syn. Acacia concinna), a species of acacia which holds importance in several Southeast Asian traditional medicines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sompoi”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Thai ส้มป่อย / sompoi

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