Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ (fishbone), from Middle Chinese (MC kaengX, “fishbone”). Cognate with Lao ກ້າງ (kāng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥒᥲ (kàang), Northern Thai ᨠ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Shan ၵၢင်ႈ (kāang).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicก้าง
k ˆ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongâang
Royal Institutekang
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun edit

ก้าง (gâang)

  1. fishbone