หนึ่งในตองอู

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From หนึ่ง (nʉ̀ng, the one) +‎ ใน (nai, in) +‎ ตองอู (dtɔɔng-uu, Taungoo); from a quote in the 1932 novel Phu Chana Sip Thit ("Conqueror of the Ten Directions") by Jacob (1907–1956), referring to King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Empire.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicหนึ่งในตองอู
h n ụ ˋ ŋ au n t ɒ ŋ ɒ ū
Phonemic
หฺนึ่ง-ไน-ตอง-อู
h ̥ n ụ ˋ ŋ – ai n – t ɒ ŋ – ɒ ū
RomanizationPaiboonnʉ̀ng-nai-dtɔɔng-uu
Royal Institutenueng-nai-tong-u
(standard) IPA(key)/nɯŋ˨˩.naj˧.tɔːŋ˧.ʔuː˧/(R)

Noun edit

หนึ่งในตองอู (nʉ̀ng-nai-dtɔɔng-uu)

  1. (idiomatic) exceptional person; the smartest person; the one of a kind; the one and only.

References edit

  1. ^ Pundop (2016 February 6) “ฟื้นตองอู”, in LandLink[1] (in Thai), Bangkok: n.a., retrieved 2020-05-13