แกง

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		แกง æ k ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gɛɛng
	Royal Institute	kaeng
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kɛːŋ˧/^(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kɛːŋᴬ² (“soup; broth”), from Middle Chinese 羹 (MC kaeng, “thick soup”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແກງ (kǣng), Lü ᦶᦂᧂ (k̇aeng), Shan ၵႅင် (kěng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥦᥒ (kaeng), Saek เก๋ง, Yong ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ.

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng)

curry; soup; stew.

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

to make or make as or into a curry, soup, or stew.
(often in combination) to kill; to slay.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corrupted from แกล้ง (glɛ̂ɛng) which is influenced by ต้ม (dtôm, “to boil; to trick”).

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

(colloquial, originally LGBTQ slang) to subject to public outrage or humiliation.
(colloquial) to trick; to deceive; to sham.

the insect Acoloba lanceolata of the family Pentatomidae

Etymology 3

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng) (classifier ตัว)

(dialect) (แมง~) stink bug: any of the insects of the family Pentatomidae.

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