ciengh

Zhuang

Etymology

From Mandarin 象 (xiàng, “elephant”). Cognate with Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋᶜ (“elephant”), whence Thai ช้าง (cháang), Northern Thai ᨩ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Isan ซ่าง, Lao ຊ້າງ (sāng), Lü ᦋᦱᧂᧉ (tsaang²), Tai Dam ꪋ꫁ꪱꪉ, Shan ၸၢင်ႉ (tsâ̰ang), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥒᥳ (tsaang⁵), Ahom 𑜋𑜂𑜫 (chang), Saek ซาง.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕiːŋ˧/

Tone numbers: cieng⁶

Hyphenation: ciengh

Noun

ciengh (old orthography cieŋƅ)

elephant
Synonym: duzciengh

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