แมง

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋᴬ (insect) which /-l-/ is dropped, from Proto-Tai *m.leːŋᴬ (insect), which is either from Middle Chinese 螟蛉 (MC meng leng, “caterpillar”)[1] or native Tai borrowed into Chinese.[2]

Cognate with Thai แมลง (má-lɛɛng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicแมง
æ m ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛɛng
Royal Institutemaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

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แมง (mɛɛng)

  1. arachnid.
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References

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  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, pages 47–68.
  2. ^ Schuessler, Axel. 2007. An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 388