แลง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแลง
æ l ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlɛɛng
Royal Institutelaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/lɛːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

แลง • (lɛɛng)

  1. (หิน~, ศิลา~) laterite.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C̬ .lwiːŋᴬ (“late meal”).[1]

Cognate with Isan แลง, Lao ແລງ (lǣng), Northern Thai ᩃᩯ᩠ᨦ (lɛɛŋ⁴), Khün ᩃᩯ᩠ᨦ, Lü ᦶᦟᧂ (laeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪩꪉ (ꞌléng).

Noun

แลง • (lɛɛng)

  1. (now dialect) evening.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

แลง • (lɛɛng)

  1. (rare, somewhat archaic and colloquial) alternative form of แมลง (má-lɛɛng)

Etymology 4

From corruption of แรง (rɛɛng) by replacing the trilled [r] (ร), with the untrilled [l] (ล).

Adjective

แลง • (lɛɛng) (abstract noun ความแลง)

  1. (slang, humorous) fierce, striking, bold; straightforward, outspoken, blunt; rude, insolent.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 360
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