ละออง

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer lʼaṅa (dust; powder). Cognate with Modern Khmer ល្អង (lʼɑɑng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicละออง
l a ɒ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
ละ-ออง
l a – ɒ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlá-ɔɔng
Royal Institutela-ong
(standard) IPA(key)/la˦˥.ʔɔːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ละออง • (lá-ɔɔng)

  1. fine particles; dust; powder

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ละออง” 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.