งา

Gong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋa/

Pronoun

งา (transliteration needed)

  1. I; me

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicงา
ŋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonngaa
Royal Institutenga
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaː˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (nga). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui qngal (“sesame”). Compare also Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).

Noun

งา • (ngaa) (classifier ต้น or เมล็ด or เม็ด)

  1. sesame.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (“tusk; ivory”), from Middle Chinese 牙 (MC ŋˠa, “tooth; tusk”). Cognate with Lao ງາ (ngā), Lü ᦇᦱ (ngaa), Shan ငႃး (ngáa), Ahom 𑜂𑜠 (nga), Zhuang nyaz.

Noun

งา • (ngaa) (classifier กิ่ง)

  1. tusk; ivory.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.