แข็ง

Northern Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแข็ง
æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̌ng
Royal Institutekhaeng
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/xɛŋ˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/kʰɛŋ˩˩˧/

Adjective

แข็ง • (transliteration needed)

  1. alternative form of ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ (hard, rigid)

Thai

Alternative forms

  • แขง (kɛ̌ɛng)obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹ (solid; hard), from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (hard).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ or ᨡᩯᩢ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແຂງ (khǣng), ᦶᦃᧂ (ẋaeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪉ, Shan ၶႅင် (khěng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒᥴ (xáeng), Phake ၵိင် (khiṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Sapa xeŋᴬ¹, Bouyei jeengl, Saek เถรี่ยง (hard) and แข้ง (tight; tense), Zhuang geng.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแข็ง
æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkɛ̌ng
Royal Institutekhaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰɛŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

แข็ง • (kɛ̌ng) (abstract noun ความแข็ง)

  1. hard; rigid.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Khmer: ខែង (khaeng)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 343