ช้อน

Thai

Etymology

Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Lao ຊ້ອນ (sǭn), Northern Thai ᨩᩬ᩶ᩁ, Shan ၸွၼ်ႉ (tsâ̰un), Zhuang conj, Zuojiang Zhuang conj, Burmese ဇွန်း (jwan:), Mon ဇန် (còn).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicช้อน
d͡ʑ ˆ ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonchɔ́ɔn
Royal Institutechon
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɔːn˦˥/(R)

Verb

ช้อน • (chɔ́ɔn) (abstract noun การช้อน)

  1. to scoop, dip up, skim
  2. to bend, curve (especially upwards)

Noun

ช้อน • (chɔ́ɔn) (classifier คัน)

  1. spoon
  2. long-handled fishnet, dip net

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015), “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges (in Thai)

Further reading

  • “ช้อน” 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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