ตำลึง

Thai

ivy gourd

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ตำลึง t å l ụ ŋ
Phonemic		ตำ-ลึง t å – l ụ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtam-lʉng
	Royal Institute	tam-lueng
(standard) IPA(key)		/tam˧.lɯŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Compare Mon တၞုင် (tnung) (as in တၞုင်ကရောပ် (tnungkarop, “ivy gourd”)).

Noun

ตำลึง • (dtam-lʉng)

1. (botany) ivy gourd: the plant Coccinia grandis of the family Cucurbitaceae.

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer តំលិង (taṃliṅa), តំលីង (taṃlīṅa), តំម្លិង (taṃmliṅa), តំម្លីង (taṃmlīṅa), តម្លិង (tamliṅa, “weight for precious metals; coin, probably of silver”). Cognate with Modern Khmer តំឡឹង (tɑmləng), Lao ຕຳລຶງ (tam lưng).

Noun

ตำลึง • (dtam-lʉng)

1. a traditional Thai unit of currency, equal to 4 บาท (bàat).
2. a traditional Thai unit of weight, equal to 60 grams.

Derived terms

• พูดไปสองไพเบี้ย นิ่งเสียตำลึงทอง (pûut-bpai-sɔ̌ɔng-pai-bîia-nîng-sǐia-dtam-lʉng-tɔɔng)