ยุง

See also: ยัง, ยิง, and ยุ่ง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɲuŋᴬ (“mosquito”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩩᨦ (nyung), Lao ຍຸງ (nyung), Lü ᦍᦳᧂ (yung), Shan ယုင်း (yúng), Tai Nüa ᥕᥧᥒᥰ (yüng), Aiton ယုင် (yuṅ), Ahom 𑜐𑜤𑜂𑜫 (ñuṅ), Zhuang nyungz, Nong Zhuang nyongz, Saek ญุ๊ง. Compare Proto-Hlai *C-ɲuːŋ (“mosquito”) (from Pre-Hlai *C-ɲuːŋ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ยุง y u ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	yung
	Royal Institute	yung
(standard) IPA(key)		/juŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ยุง • (yung) (classifier ตัว)

1. mosquito.