ກະທິງ

Lao

Etymology

Cognate with Thai กระทิง (grà-ting).

Ultimately from Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ខ្ទីង (khtiing), Thin Khmu [script needed] (k(ə̆)tiɲ), Mon တလိၚ် (kəloiŋ), Khasi [script needed] (kyrtong, “bull, ox”), etc. from Proto-Mon-Khmer *Kdiiŋ ~ *Kdu()ŋ (“wild ox”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ka(ʔ˧˥).tʰiŋ˧˥]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ka(ʔ˩˨).tʰiŋ˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ກະ-ທິງ
  • Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

ກະທິງ • (ka thing)

  1. wild ox, gaur

References
  1. Shorto, H. (2006). A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell. #577. p. 194
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