Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *pliːŋᴬ (aquatic leech). Cognate with Lao ປີງ (pīng), ᦔᦲᧂ (ṗiing), Shan ပိင် (pǐng), Zhuang bing. Compare Proto-Be *ɓiːŋᴬ¹, Proto-Hlai *hljiŋ.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicปลิง
p l i ŋ
Phonemic
ปฺลิง
p ̥ l i ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonbpling
Royal Institutepling
(standard) IPA(key)/pliŋ˧/(R)

Noun edit

ปลิง (bpling) (classifier ตัว)

  1. aquatic leech.