ข้าวฟ่าง

Thai

Etymology

From ข้าว (kâao, “rice”) + reflex of Proto-Tai *ʰwɯǝŋᶜ (“millet”).[1]

The latter is cognate with Zhuang fiengj (“millet”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าวฟ่าง
kʰ ˆ ā w v ˋ ā ŋ
Phonemic
ข้าว-ฟ่าง
kʰ ˆ ā w – v ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâao-fâang
Royal Institutekhao-fang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːw˥˩.faːŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

ข้าวฟ่าง • (kâao-fâang)

  1. millet; sorghum.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 331
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