Thai edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Pronoun edit

เตง (dteeng)

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

Usage notes edit

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