ꩫင်

Aiton

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaŋᴬ (skin). Cognate with Thai หนัง (nǎng), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩢᨦ, Lao ໜັງ (nang), ᦐᧂ (ṅang), Tai Dam ꪘꪰꪉ, Shan ၼင် (nǎng), Zhuang naeng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naŋ¹/

Noun

ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)

  1. skin; hide; leather.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *naŋᴮ (to sit). Cognate with Thai นั่ง (nâng), Northern Thai ᨶᩢ᩠᩵ᨦ, Lao ນັ່ງ (nang), ᦓᧂᧈ (nang¹), Tai Dam ꪙꪰ꪿ꪉ, Shan ၼင်ႈ (nāng), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Zhuang naengh, Saek หนั้ง.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naŋ²/

Verb

ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)

  1. to sit.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *naːŋᴬ⁴ (lady), from Proto-Tai *naːŋᴬ (lady), from Old Chinese (OC *naŋ, “young woman”).[1] Cognate with Thai นาง (naang), Northern Thai ᨶᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ນາງ (nāng), ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Dam ꪙꪱꪉ, Shan ၼၢင်း (náang), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥒᥰ (läang) or ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːŋ¹/

Noun

ꩫ︀င︀် (nang)

  1. lady.

References

  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
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