หนัง

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See also: หนึ่ง

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Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaŋᴬ (“skin”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩢᨦ, Lao ໜັງ (nang), Lü ᦐᧂ (ṅang), Tai Dam ꪘꪰꪉ, Shan ၼင် (nǎng), Aiton ꩫင် (naṅ), Zhuang naeng. Compare Proto-Be *naŋᴬ¹.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหนัง
h n ạ ŋ
Phonemic
หฺนัง
h ̥ n ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnǎng
Royal Institutenang
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หนัง • (nǎng)

  1. skin; leather.
  2. shadow puppetry, as หนังตะลุง (nǎng-dtà-lung), หนังใหญ่ (nǎng-yài), etc.
  3. outdoor cinema, as หนังกลางแปลง, หนังขายยา, etc.
  4. (slang) cinema; movie; film.

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