Thai edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Old Khmer *ṅak, *ṅok (to nod), and thus cognate with Modern Khmer ងក់ (ngŭək). Possibly related to สัปหงก.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicผงก
pʰ ŋ k
Phonemic
ผะ-หฺงก
pʰ a – h ̥ ŋ k
RomanizationPaiboonpà-ngòk
Royal Institutepha-ngok
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˨˩.ŋok̚˨˩/(R)

Verb edit

ผงก (pà-ngòk) (abstract noun การผงก)

  1. (of a head) to nod.

Derived terms edit