ลงขัน

Thai

Etymology

From ลง (long, “to descend; to cause to descend, to put down, to place down, to send down; etc”) +‎ ขัน (kǎn, “bowl”); referring to an act of collecting funds by putting money down into a bowl.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ลงขัน l ŋ kʰ ạ n
Phonemic		ลง-ขัน l ŋ – kʰ ạ n
Romanization	Paiboon	long-kǎn
	Royal Institute	long-khan
(standard) IPA(key)		/loŋ˧.kʰan˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ลงขัน • (long-kǎn) (abstract noun การลงขัน)

1. (idiomatic) to share expenses in a certain activity; to join in financing a certain activity; to raise funds for a certain activity.