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), Shan ႁိူၵ်ႇ (hòek), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (kuek).

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˨˩/

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 0859-9920, pages 47–68.

[1] 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 0859-9920, pages 47–68.