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drum
 
egret (Ardea alba modesta pictured)

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicโทน
o d n
RomanizationPaiboontoon
Royal Institutethon
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoːn˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Modern Khmer តោល (taol, singly; alone; isolated; all by oneself). Compare Middle Chinese (MC tan, “single; sole; individual; etc”).

Adjective edit

โทน (toon)

  1. one; sole; single; alone; isolated; unique; exclusive

Noun edit

โทน (toon)

  1. (music) a type of traditional Thai music.
  2. (music) (กลอง~) a type of traditional Thai hand drum, similar to goblet drum.
Descendants edit
  • (drum): Khmer: ថូន (thoun)

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain.

Noun edit

โทน (toon) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) egret

Etymology 3 edit

From English tone.

Noun edit

โทน (toon)

  1. (colloquial, of sounds, colours, manners, etc) tone; shade; mood.