ง่วง

Thai

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicง่วง
ŋ ˋ w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonngûuang
Royal Institutenguang
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋua̯ŋ˥˩/(R)

Verb

ง่วง • (ngûuang) (abstract noun การง่วง or ความง่วง)

  1. to be sleepy; to be drowsy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ง่วง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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