ตึก

See also: ตก

Thai

Etymology

Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Burmese တိုက် (tuik), Mon တိုက်, Lao ຕຶກ (tưk).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตึก
t ụ k
RomanizationPaiboondtʉ̀k
Royal Institutetuek
(standard) IPA(key)/tɯk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ตึก • (dtʉ̀k) (classifier หลัง)

  1. building, edifice, brickwork

Derived terms

  • ตึกแถว
  • ตึกระฟ้า (dtʉ̀k-rá-fáa)
  • ตึกรามบ้านช่อง
  • รากตึก
  • ลงรากตึก

Descendants

  • → Khmer: តឹក (tək)

References

  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015), “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

Further reading

  • “ตึก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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