Thai

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Etymology

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From reduction of the second person pronoun ตัวเอง (dtuua-eeng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicเตง
e t ŋ
RomanizationPaiboondteeng
Royal Instituteteng
(standard) IPA(key)/teːŋ˧/(R)

Pronoun

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เตง (dteeng)

  1. (Internet slang, childish, slang) second person pronoun.
    ไมเตงไม่ทำอะ
    Why don't you do this?

Usage notes

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Usually used with the first person pronoun เขา (kǎo).