เมี่ยง

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾ᩠᩶ᨿᨦ, Lao ໝ້ຽງ (mīang).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเมี่ยง
e m ī ˋ y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmîiang
Royal Institutemiang
(standard) IPA(key)/mia̯ŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

เมี่ยง • (mîiang)

  1. (dialect) tea tree.
  2. (dialect) (ใบ~) pickled tea leaf, eaten as a snack in Northern Thailand and Myanmar.
  3. (somewhat archaic) (ใบ~) white cloth used as a shroud.
  4. snack wrapped in leaves, such as เมี่ยงคำ (mîiang-kam).

Derived terms

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