อั้งยี่

Thai

FWOTD – 19 March 2016

Etymology

From Teochew 紅字 (ang5 ri7, literally scarlet letter); after a Chinese secret society in Siam during the reign of Chulalongkorn (1868–1910).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอั้งยี่
ɒˆŋyīˋ
Phonemicอั้ง-ยี่
ɒˆŋyīˋ
RomanizationPaiboonâng-yîi
Royal Instituteang-yi
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaŋ˥˩.jiː˥˩/

Noun

อั้งยี่ (âng-yîi)

  1. (law) secret society.
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