Is tuktuk a Thai word?

Perhaps the most well-known name is the Thai tuk-tuk (???? ?, dtóok-dtóok). The term is onomatopoeic: the word mimics a natural sound – that of a small engine. (It does not mean “cheap”, as some would believe, which in Thai is pronounced “thook”, with its aspirated initial “t”.)



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/ ('t?k?t?k) / noun. (in Thailand) a three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi.

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Tuk tuks or sam lor (3-wheeled) used to be everyone's favorite way of getting around Bangkok before the BTS, MRT and colorful taxis took over.

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While many offer compelling claims, the origins of the first tuk-tuk remains disputed. In 1886 a group of Germans placed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle closely resembling the modern-day tuk-tuk minus the engine, while some claim the Italians created the first tuk-tuk in 1947 with the Piaggio Ape.

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Yes, tuk tuks are legal in the US and they have always been. Laws on three wheelers vary from state to state, and they impact whether you should register, license, and insure the vehicle as a motorcycle or car, if you can use them for mobile vending, which lanes and roads can be used, and what maximum speed is allowed.

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Thailand. The auto rickshaw, called tuk-tuk (Thai: ???? ?, pronounced [túk túk]) in Thailand, is a widely used form of urban transport in Bangkok and other Thai cities.

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