แข้ง
Thai
Alternative forms
- แฃ้ง (kɛ̂ɛng), แค่ง (kɛ̂ɛng), แฅ่ง (kɛ̂ɛng) — obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɣeːŋᴮ (“shin; lower leg”), from Middle Chinese 脛 (MC hengX|hengH, “shin”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩯ᩠᩵ᨦ (as in ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩶ᩣᨤᩯ᩠᩵ᨦ), Lao ແຄ່ງ (khǣng) or ແຂ້ງ (khǣng), Lü ᦶᦆᧂᧈ (xaeng¹), Tai Dón ꪵꪅꪉꫀ, Shan ၶႅင်ႈ (khēng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒ (xaeng), Phake ၵိင် (khiṅ), Ahom *𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (*khiṅ), Zhuang hengq.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | แข้ง æ kʰ ˆ ŋ | |
| Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short} | แค็่ง æ g ˘ ˋ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kɛ̂ng |
| Royal Institute | khaeng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰɛŋ˥˩/(R) | |
Noun
แข้ง • (kɛ̂ng) (classifier ข้าง or คู่)
- shin.
- (dated, colloquial) boyfriend.
- (colloquial) footballer.
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