เชื่อง

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Tai *ɟɯəŋꟲ (“to tend (animal)”),[1]although the tone of เชื่อง [t͡ɕʰɯa̯ŋᴮ²] shows irregularity as a reflex of it.

In Northern Tai, possibly cognate with Zhuang ciengx (“to raise; to graze”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเชื่อง
e d͡ʑ ụ̄ ˋ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonchʉ̂ʉang
Royal Institutechueang
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɯa̯ŋ˥˩/(R)

Adjective

เชื่อง • (chʉ̂ʉang) (abstract noun ความเชื่อง)

  1. tame; docile.

References

  1. ^ This form was reconstructed by Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 348
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