Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuəkᴰ (deaf).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩠ᩅᨠ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩠ᩅᨠ, Lao ໜວກ (nūak), ᦷᦐᧅᧈ (ṅok¹), Tai Dam ꪘꪺꪀ, Tai Dón ꪘꪺꪀ, Shan ၼူၵ်ႇ (nùuk), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜀𑜫 (nuk), Zhuang nuk, Nong Zhuang nog, Zuojiang Zhuang nuek.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicหนวก
h n w k
Phonemic
หฺนวก
h ̥ n w k
RomanizationPaiboonnùuak
Royal Institutenuak
(standard) IPA(key)/nua̯k̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective edit

หนวก (nùuak)

  1. deaf; unhearing.

Derived terms edit