ไม้แข็ง

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Thai

Etymology

Compound of ไม้ (máai, stick) +‎ แข็ง (kɛ̌ng, hard), literally hard stick.

Pronunciation

Orthographicไม้แข็ง
ai m ˆ æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
Phonemic
ม้าย-แข็ง
m ˆ ā y – æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmáai-kɛ̌ng
Royal Institutemai-khaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/maːj˦˥.kʰɛŋ˩˩˦/(R)
ranat ek and the stick used to play it

Noun

ไม้แข็ง (máai-kɛ̌ng)

  1. (music) wooden stick wrapped at one end with pieces of cloth coated with Gluta usitata rasin, used to play the musical instrument ranat ek.
  2. (idiomatic) serious measure; rigid measure.