แมลง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meŋ leŋ, “caterpillar”).[1] Cognate with Thai แมง (mɛɛng, “arachnid”), Tai Nüa ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (maeng2), Zhuang nengz.

Pronunciation
Orthographicแมลง
æ m l ŋ
Phonemicมะ-แลง
m a – æ l ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-lɛɛng
Royal Institutema-laeng
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.lɛːŋ˧/

Noun

แมลง • (má-lɛɛng)

  1. hexapod; insect.

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 0859-9920, pages 47–68.
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