เหล็กใน

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlekᴰ (“iron”) + Proto-Tai *lajᴬ (“stinger (of a bee)”).[1] The Thai form /najᴬ²/ is aberrant, possibly due to dissimilation from /lekᴰˢ²/, i.e. *lekᴰˢ² lajᴬ² > /lekᴰˢ² najᴬ²/.[2]

The ใน is cognate with Zhuang laez (“stinger (of a bee)”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหล็กใน
e h l ˘ k au n
Phonemic
เหฺล็ก-ไน
e h ̥ l ˘ k – ai n
RomanizationPaiboonlèk-nai
Royal Institutelek-nai
(standard) IPA(key)/lek̚˨˩.naj˧/(R)

Noun

เหล็กใน • (lèk-nai)

  1. sting.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 330
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 366
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