เหงือก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”), from Proto-Tai *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”), from Old Chinese 顎 (OC *ŋaːɡ, “jaw”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ເຫງືອກ (ngư̄ak), Lü ᦵᦄᦲᧅ (ṅgoek), Shan ႁိူၵ်ႇ (hòek), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (kük) Khün ᩉᩮᩥ᩠ᨦᨠ, Northern Thai ᩉᩮᩥᩬ᩠ᨦᨠ.

Pronunciation
Orthographicเหงือก
e h ŋ ụ̄ ɒ k
Phonemic
เหฺงือก
e h ̥ ŋ ụ̄ ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonngʉ̀ʉak
Royal Institutengueak
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋɯa̯k̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

เหงือก • (ngʉ̀ʉak)

  1. (anatomy) gum (flesh around teeth)
  2. gill (of fish).

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
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