แมลง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (“insect”), from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meŋ leŋ, “caterpillar”).[1] Cognate with Thai แมง (mɛɛng, “arachnid”), Tai Nüa ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (maeng²), Zhuang nengz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		แมลง æ m l ŋ
Phonemic		มะ-แลง m a – æ l ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	má-lɛɛng
	Royal Institute	ma-laeng
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ma˦˥.lɛːŋ˧/

Noun

แมลง • (má-lɛɛng)

hexapod; insect.

Related terms

แมง (mɛɛng, “arachnid”)

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.