เหล็กใน

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlekᴰ (“iron”) + Proto-Tai *lajᴬ (“stinger (of a bee)”).^[1] The Thai form /najᴬ²/ is aberrant, possibly due to dissimilation from /lekᴰˢ²/, i.e. *lekᴰˢ² lajᴬ² > /lekᴰˢ² najᴬ²/.^[2]

The ใน is cognate with Zhuang laez (“stinger (of a bee)”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เหล็กใน e h l ˘ k au n
Phonemic		เหฺล็ก-ไน e h ̥ l ˘ k – ai n
Romanization	Paiboon	lèk-nai
Romanization	Royal Institute	lek-nai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/lek̚˨˩.naj˧/^(R)

Noun

เหล็ก ใน • (lèk-nai)

sting.

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎^[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 330
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎^[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 366

[1] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎^[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 330

[2] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎^[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 366

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