{
 "schema": 1,
 "id": "sak-kha-lai-word",
 "type": "term",
 "names": {
  "name": "sak kha lai",
  "local": "สักขาลาย",
  "local_lang": "Northern Thai",
  "said": "sak kha lai",
  "th": "สักขาลาย"
 },
 "etymology": {
  "root": "To prick the legs in patterns — the verb, the body part and the word for pattern, in that order. No separate noun for the tattoo is needed.",
  "tier": "cited",
  "source": "s:ms6968"
 },
 "region": [
  "lanna"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "means": "pattern"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "To prick the legs in patterns — the verb, the body part and the word for pattern, in that order. No separate noun for the tattoo is needed."
 },
 "text_th": {
  "what": "สัก + ขา + ลาย คือกริยา อวัยวะ และลาย เรียงกันตามนั้น"
 },
 "sources": [
  "s:ms6968"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:ms6968"
  },
  "fields": {
   "text_th": {
    "tier": "inference",
    "note": "written in Thai by this project, not machine-translated"
   }
  }
 },
 "confidence": "medium",
 "tags": [
  "lanna"
 ],
 "updated": "2026-09-19",
 "kin_in": []
}