Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer ស្យង (syaṅa), ស្យង៑ (syaṅ), សិយង (siyaṅa), សីយង (sīyaṅa), សិង្យ (siṅya), សិង (siṅa), សីង (sīṅa), សិង៑ (siṅ, to dwell; to reside; to be present; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer សិង (səng).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicสิง
s i ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonsǐng
Royal Institutesing
(standard) IPA(key)/siŋ˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสิงค์
สิงห์

Verb edit

สิง (sǐng) (abstract noun การสิง)

  1. (of a spirit, especially an evil one) to possess; to occupy; to dwell; to reside.
  2. (literary or slang) to dwell; to reside; to remain; to stay.
  3. (slang, humorous, of persons) to stick together closely or stay close to each other, as if being one.

Synonyms edit

Definition 1

Derived terms edit