ก้าง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ (fishbone),[1] from Middle Chinese (MC kaengX, “fishbone”). Cognate with Lao ກ້າງ (kāng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥒᥲ (kàang), Northern Thai ᨠ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Shan ၵၢင်ႈ (kāang), Tày cảng, Zhuang gangj.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicก้าง
k ˆ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongâang
Royal Institutekang
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

ก้าง • (gâang)

  1. fishbone

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 330