เหง้า
See also: เหงา
Thai edit
Alternative forms edit
- (obsolete) เง่า (ngâo)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰŋawꟲ (“central root”), from Old Chinese 藕 (OC *ŋoːʔ, “lotus root”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨦᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lao ເຫງົ້າ (ngao), Lü ᦄᧁᧉ (ṅgaw²), Shan ငဝ်ႈ (ngāo), Ahom 𑜂𑜧 (ṅaw), 𑜂𑜨𑜧 (ṅow), or 𑜂𑜧𑜈𑜫 (ṅaww); also compare Vietnamese ngó.
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | เหง้า e h ŋ ˆ ā | |
| Phonemic | เง่า e ŋ ˋ ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | ngâo |
| Royal Institute | ngao | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ŋaw˥˩/(R) | |
Noun edit
เหง้า • (ngâo)
- ancestor, source, heritage.
- base or underground portion of a plant stem or tree trunk.
References edit
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.