Thai edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Lao ຊ້ອນ (sǭn), Burmese ဇွန်း (jwan:), Mon ဇန် (còn).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicช้อน
d͡ʑ ˆ ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonchɔ́ɔn
Royal Institutechon
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɔːn˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

ช้อน (chɔ́ɔn) (classifier คัน)

  1. spoon.

References edit

  1. ^
    2015, Mathias Jenny, “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: