ไม้แข็ง

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ไม้ (máai, “stick”) +‎ แข็ง (kɛ̌ng, “hard”), literally “hard stick”.

Pronunciation

Orthographicไม้แข็ง
ai m ˆ æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
Phonemic
ม้าย-แข็ง
m ˆ ā y – æ kʰ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmáai-kɛ̌ng
Royal Institutemai-khaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/maːj˦˥.kʰɛŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ไม้แข็ง • (máai-kɛ̌ng)

  1. (music) wooden stick wrapped at one end with pieces of cloth coated with Gluta usitata rasin, used to play the musical instrument ranat ek.
  2. (idiomatic) serious measure; rigid measure.
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