เหนียง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰniəŋᴬ (goiter).[1]

Cognate with Tai Dam ꪘꪸꪉ, Zhuang nieng (craw) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหนียง
e h n ī y ŋ
Phonemic
เหฺนียง
e h ̥ n ī y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnǐiang
Royal Instituteniang
(standard) IPA(key)/nia̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เหนียง • (nǐiang)

  1. (can be offensive in case of a person) fleshy lobe or appendage hanging down from the throat or chin, as wattle of an animal or turkey neck of an aged person.
  2. (slang, sometimes offensive) double chin.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 324