แข็ง

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See also: แข้ง and แข่ง

Northern Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแข็ง
æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̌ng
Royal Institutekhaeng
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/xɛŋ˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/kʰɛŋ˩˩˧/

Adjective

แข็ง • (transliteration needed)

  1. alternative form of ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ (“hard, rigid”)

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹ (“solid; hard”), from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ or ᨡᩯᩢ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແຂງ (khǣng), Lü ᦶᦃᧂ (ẋaeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪉ, Shan ၶႅင် (khěng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒᥴ (xáeng), Phake ၵိင် (khiṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Sapa xeŋᴬ¹, Bouyei jeengl, Saek เถรี่ยง (“hard”) and แข้ง (“tight; tense”), Zhuang geng.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแข็ง
æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̌ng
Royal Institutekhaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɛŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

แข็ง • (kɛ̌ng) (abstract noun ความแข็ง)

  1. hard; rigid.

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Derived terms

Descendants

→ Khmer: ខែង (khaeng)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎, Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 343
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