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.

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

1. Chinese New Year's cake.