ถ้วยตวง

Thai

Etymology

From ถ้วย (tûai, cup) +‎ ตวง (dtuuang, to measure); calque of English measuring cup.

Pronunciation

Orthographicถ้วยตวง
tʰ ˆ w y t w ŋ
Phonemic
ท่วย-ตวง
d ˋ w y – t w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontûai-dtuuang
Royal Institutethuai-tuang
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰua̯j˥˩.tua̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ถ้วยตวง • (tûai-dtuuang) (classifier ใบ or ลูก)

  1. measuring cup

Further reading

  • ถ้วยตวง” 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.