แมลง
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Thai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meng leng, “caterpillar”).[1] or native Tai borrowed into Chinese.[2] Cognate with Thai แมง (mɛɛng, “arachnid”), Tai Dam ꪵꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (mäeng), Zhuang nengz.
Pronunciation[edit]
| Orthographic | แมลง æ m l ŋ | |
| Phonemic | มะ-แลง m a – æ l ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | má-lɛɛng |
| Royal Institute | ma-laeng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ma˦˥.lɛːŋ˧/(R) | |
Noun[edit]
แมลง • (má-lɛɛng)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
- ^ Schuessler, Axel. 2007. An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 388
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