มะเร็ง
Thai
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Malay merengsa (“irritant; incurable, obstinate, unhealable”).[1][2] Compare Khmer ម្រេញ (mrɨñ, “cancer; ulcer”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | มะเร็ง m a e r ˘ ŋ | |
| Phonemic | มะ-เร็ง m a – e r ˘ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | má-reng |
| Royal Institute | ma-reng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ma˦˥.reŋ˧/(R) | |
Descendants
- → Lao: ມະເຮັງ (ma heng)
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