ขนมเข่ง
Thai
the cake
Etymology
From ขนม (kà-nǒm, “snack; dessert; sweet food; etc”) + เข่ง (kèng, “basket”); from the fact that, traditionally, the paste to be made into this cake is poured into baskets made of banana leaves and placed on a larger basket before being steamed.[1]
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ขนมเข่ง kʰ n m e kʰ ˋ ŋ | ||
| Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short} | ขะ-หฺนม-เข็่ง kʰ a – h ̥ n m – e kʰ ˘ ˋ ŋ | [colloquial] คะ-หฺนม-เข็่ง g a – h ̥ n m – e kʰ ˘ ˋ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kà-nǒm-kèng | ká-nǒm-kèng |
| Royal Institute | kha-nom-kheng | kha-nom-kheng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰa˨˩.nom˩˩˦.kʰeŋ˨˩/(R) | /kʰa˦˥.nom˩˩˦.kʰeŋ˨˩/(R) | |
Noun
ขนมเข่ง • (kà-nǒm-kèng)
- Chinese New Year's cake.
References
- ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2012-03-03), “ขนมเข่ง (๓ มีนาคม ๒๕๕๕)”, in คลังความรู้, Bangkok: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, retrieved 2020-01-23