ถ่วง

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Lao ຖ່ວງ (thūang); Northern Thai ᨳ᩠ᩅ᩵ᨦ; Khün ᨳ᩠ᩅ᩵ᨦ, Shan ထူင်ႇ (thùung).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicถ่วง
tʰ ˋ w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontùuang
Royal Institutethuang
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰua̯ŋ˨˩/(R)

Verb

ถ่วง • (tùuang) (abstract noun การถ่วง)

  1. to weight down.
  2. (by extension) to delay; to hinder; to hamper; to retard.

Derived terms

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