สัก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสัก
s ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonsàk
Royal Institutesak
(standard) IPA(key)/sak̚˨˩/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *sakᴰ (one or so; any).[1]

Cognate with Zhuang saek.

Adverb

สัก • (sàk)

  1. just; about; around.

Preposition

สัก

  1. (elegant) at; to.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Zhuang caeg (ชัก, ปัก, แทง, สัก).

Compare Khmer សាក់ (sak).

Verb

สัก • (sàk) (abstract noun การสัก)

  1. to tattoo.
    รอย
    rɔɔi sàk
    tattoo

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

สัก • (sàk)

  1. teak.
    ไม้
    máai sàk
    teak

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 359