ກະທິງ
Lao
editEtymology
editCognate with Thai กระทิง (grà-ting).
Ultimately from Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ខ្ទីង (khtiing), Thin Khmu [script needed] (k(ə̆)tiɲ), Mon တလိၚ် (kəloiŋ), Khasi [script needed] (kyrtong, “bull, ox”), etc. from Proto-Mon-Khmer *Kdiiŋ ~ *Kdu()ŋ (“wild ox”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ka(ʔ˧˥).tʰiŋ˧˥]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ka(ʔ˩˨).tʰiŋ˩˨]
- Hyphenation: ກະ-ທິງ
- Rhymes: -iŋ
Noun
editກະທິງ • (ka thing)
- wild ox, gaur
References
edit- ^ Shorto, H. (2006). A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell. #577. p. 194