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Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ʰnaŋᴬ (“skin”). Cognate with Thai หนัง (nǎng), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩢᨦ, Lao ໜັງ (nang), Lü ᦐᧂ (ṅang), Tai Dam ꪘꪰꪉ, Shan ၼင် (nǎng), Zhuang naeng.
Pronunciation
Noun
ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)
- skin; hide; leather.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *naŋᴮ (“to sit”). Cognate with Thai นั่ง (nâng), Northern Thai ᨶᩢ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ນັ່ງ (nang), Lü ᦓᧂᧈ (nang¹), Tai Dam ꪙꪰ꪿ꪉ, Shan ၼင်ႈ (nāng), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Zhuang naengh, Saek หนั้ง.
Pronunciation
Verb
ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)
- to sit.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *naːŋᴬ⁴ (“lady”), from Proto-Tai *naːŋᴬ (“lady”), from Old Chinese 娘 (OC *naŋ, “young woman”).[1] Cognate with Thai นาง (naang), Northern Thai ᨶᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ນາງ (nāng), Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Dam ꪙꪱꪉ, Shan ၼၢင်း (náang), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥒᥰ (läang) or ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)
- lady.
References
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.