Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicแลง
æ l ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlɛɛng
Royal Institutelaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/lɛːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

แลง (lɛɛng)

  1. (หิน~, ศิลา~) laterite.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

แลง (lɛɛng)

  1. (now dialect) evening.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

แลง (lɛɛng)

  1. (rare, somewhat archaic and colloquial) Alternative form of แมลง (má-lɛɛng)

Etymology 4 edit

From corruption of แรง (rɛɛng) by replacing the trilled [r], , with the untrilled [l], .

Adjective edit

แลง (lɛɛng) (abstract noun ความแลง)

  1. (slang, humorous) fierce, striking, bold; straightforward, outspoken, blunt; rude, insolent.