prík-kîi-nǔubird's eye chilli
TonesพรClasslowSyllablesthree
Made of
literally “mouse droppings”
หนู on its own means “I (child or young woman); mouse”.
How it reads
พริกขี้หนู
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Kai says
Thai uses a classifier when counting many kinds of things. The word for the object alone isn't always enough to build the phrase.