เงาะ

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Thai

Negrito people of Indian Archipelago
rambutan fruits

Etymology

From the name of a character in the story สังข์ทอง (Thai) or ខ្យងស័ង្ខ (Khmer). Cognate with Khmer ងោះ (ngŭəh), Lao ເງາະ (ngǫ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเงาะ
e ŋ ā a
RomanizationPaiboonngɔ́
Royal Institutengo
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋɔʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

เงาะ (ngɔ́)

  1. (somewhat derogatory) small-statured, dark-skinned, wooly-haired indigenous peoples of the Negrito and Austronesian groups of the Malay Peninsula, including the Semang and Maniq peoples.
  2. (somewhat derogatory) member of these peoples.
  3. rambutan.

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