หนังใหญ่

Thai

nang yai being performed

Etymology

From หนัง (nǎng, “skin; leather”) +‎ ใหญ่ (yài, “grand; great”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หนังใหญ่ h n ạ ŋ au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic		หฺนัง-ไหฺย่ h ̥ n ạ ŋ – ai h ̥ y ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	nǎng-yài
	Royal Institute	nang-yai
(standard) IPA(key)		/naŋ˩˩˦.jaj˨˩/(R)

Noun

หนังใหญ่ • (nǎng-yài)

1. nang yai, a type of shadow puppetry in Thailand.