งา

Gong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋa/

Pronoun

งา (transliteration needed)

1. I; me

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		งา ŋ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	ngaa
	Royal Institute	nga
(standard) IPA(key)		/ŋaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui qngal (“sesame”), Proto-Hlai *hŋɯː (“sesame”). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa (“sesame”) (whence Tagalog linga) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).

Noun

งา • (ngaa) (classifier ต้น or เมล็ด or เม็ด)

1. sesame.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (“tusk; ivory”), from Middle Chinese 牙 (MC ngae, “tooth; tusk”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (ṅa), Bouyei ngaz, Zhuang nyaz.

Noun

งา • (ngaa) (classifier กิ่ง)

1. tusk; ivory.