Thai edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Teochew (huang1, foreigner).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicฮวน
ɦ w n
RomanizationPaiboonhuuan
Royal Institutehuan
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯n˧/(R)

Noun edit

ฮวน (huuan)

  1. alien, foreigner; (particularly) a person who isn't Chinese

References edit

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 103