ลงขัน

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Thai

Etymology

From ลง (long, to descend; to cause to descend, to put down, to place down, to send down; etc) +‎ ขัน (kǎn, bowl); referring to an act of collecting funds by putting money down into a bowl.

Pronunciation

Orthographicลงขัน
l ŋ kʰ ạ n
Phonemic
ลง-ขัน
l ŋ – kʰ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonlong-kǎn
Royal Institutelong-khan
(standard) IPA(key)/loŋ˧.kʰan˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ลงขัน (long-kǎn) (abstract noun การลงขัน)

  1. (idiomatic) to share expenses in a certain activity; to join in financing a certain activity; to raise funds for a certain activity.