เหงือก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”), from Proto-Tai *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”), from Old Chinese 顎 (OC *ŋaːɡ, “jaw”).^[1]

Cognate with Lao ເຫງືອກ (ngư̄ak), Lü ᦵᦄᦲᧅ (ṅgoek), Shan ႁိူၵ်ႇ (hòek), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (kük) Khün ᩉᩮᩥ᩠ᨦᨠ, Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨦᩮᩬᩥᨠ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหงือก e h ŋ ụ̄ ɒ k
Phonemic		เหฺงือก e h ̥ ŋ ụ̄ ɒ k
Romanization	Paiboon	ngʉ̀ʉak
	Royal Institute	ngueak
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ŋɯa̯k̚˨˩/^(R)

Noun

เหงือก • (ngʉ̀ʉak)

(anatomy) gum (flesh around teeth)
gill (of fish).

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.

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