หนวก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuəkᴰ (“deaf”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩠ᩅᨠ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶ᩠ᩅᨠ, Lao ໜວກ (nūak), Lü ᦷᦐᧅᧈ (ṅok¹), Tai Dam ꪘꪺꪀ, Tai Dón ꪘꪺꪀ, Shan ၼူၵ်ႇ (nùuk), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜀𑜫 (nuk), Zhuang nuk, Nong Zhuang nog, Zuojiang Zhuang nuek.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หนวก h n w k
Phonemic		หฺนวก h ̥ n w k
Romanization	Paiboon	nùuak
	Royal Institute	nuak
(standard) IPA(key)		/nua̯k̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

หนวก • (nùuak)

1. deaf; unhearing.

Derived terms

• หนวกหู (nùuak-hǔu)
• หูหนวก (hǔu-nùuak)