ขึงขัง

Thai

Etymology

From ขึง (kʉ̌ng, “stern”) +‎ ขัง (kǎng, “to imprison; to confine; etc”); the last syllable is probably just added without any meaning or it might just be a corruption of the first syllable.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ขึงขัง kʰ ụ ŋ kʰ ạ ŋ
Phonemic		ขึง-ขัง kʰ ụ ŋ – kʰ ạ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kʉ̌ng-kǎng
	Royal Institute	khueng-khang
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰɯŋ˩˩˦.kʰaŋ˩˩˦/^(R)

Adjective

ขึงขัง • (kʉ̌ng-kǎng) (abstract noun ความขึงขัง)

(of character, manner, etc) solemn; serious; stern.