ไต้ก๋ง

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 舵工 (dai6 gong1) or 舵公 (dai6 gong1).[1] Cognate with Khmer តៃកុង (tay kong), Malay tekong.

Pronunciation
Orthographicไต้ก๋ง
ai t ˆ k ˇ ŋ
Phonemic
ไต้-ก๋ง
ai t ˆ – k ˇ ŋ
ต้าย-ก๋ง
t ˆ ā y – k ˇ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboondtâi-gǒngdtâai-gǒng
Royal Institutetai-kongtai-kong
(standard) IPA(key)/taj˥˩.koŋ˩˩˦/(R)/taːj˥˩.koŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ไต้ก๋ง • (dtâi-gǒng)

  1. helmsman.
  2. the master of a fishing boat.

References
  1. Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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