ลิสง

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ยี่สง

Etymology

Possibly from Chinese 花生 (huāshēng, “peanut”) or 落花生 (luòhuāshēng, “peanut”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicลิสง
l i s ŋ
Phonemic
ลิ-สง
l i – s ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlí-sǒng
Royal Instituteli-song
(standard) IPA(key)/li˦˥.soŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ลิสง • (lí-sǒng)

  1. (ถั่ว~) peanut.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ลิสง” 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.