ตอง

Eastern Lawa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔŋ/

Noun

ตอง (toang)

  1. cooking pot.

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tɔːŋᴬ² (banana leaf), from Proto-Tai *k.toːŋᴬ (big leaf for wrapping).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩬᨦ, Lao ຕອງ (tǭng), Shan တွင် (tǎung), Tai Nüa ᥖᥩᥒ (toang), Phake တွင် (toṅ), Ahom 𑜄𑜨𑜂𑜫 (toṅ), Zhuang rong.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตอง
t ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboondtɔɔng
Royal Institutetong
(standard) IPA(key)/tɔːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ตอง • (dtɔɔng)

  1. big leaf, especially banana leaf.
  2. (card games) three of a kind.
  3. a number that has 3 same adjacent digits.

Derived terms

References

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