ตลิ่ง

Thai

Alternative forms

ตาหลิ่ง — obsolete
หลิ่ง (hlìng) — dated

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ຕະລິ່ງ (ta ling), ຕະຫຼິ່ງ (ta ling).

ลิ่ง of ตลิ่ง is Proto-Tai *ʰliŋᴮ (“steep”).^[1]

Cognate with Lao ຫຼິ່ງ (ling), Lü ᦜᦲᧂᧈ (l̇iing¹, “steep”), Shan လိင်ႇ (lìng, “uneven; incline”), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥒᥱ (lǐng, “steep”), Zhuang lingq (“steep”), Zuojiang Zhuang lingq (“steep”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ตลิ่ง t l i ˋ ŋ
Phonemic		ตะ-หฺลิ่ง t a – h ̥ l i ˋ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtà-lìng
Romanization	Royal Institute	ta-ling
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ta˨˩.liŋ˨˩/^(R)

Noun

ตลิ่ง • (dtà-lìng)

bank (of a river or a canal)

Synonyms

ฝั่ง (fàng)

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 334

[1] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 334

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