ทอง

Gong

Etymology

From Thai ทอง (tɔɔng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɔŋ/

Noun

ทอง (transliteration needed)

  1. gold

Synonyms

Isan

Noun

ทอง (transliteration needed)

  1. copper

Thai

Etymology

From Old Chinese (OC *doːŋ, “copper”). Cognate with Old Khmer daṅa, d̈aṅa, daṅṅa, daṃṅa, doṅa, duṅa, Modern Khmer ទង់ (tŭəng), ថង (thɑɑng), ទង (tɔɔng), Lao ທອງ (thǭng), ᦑᦸᧂ (toang), Shan တွင်း (táung), Nong Zhuang dongz, Zhuang doengz, Vietnamese đồng. Related to Middle Chinese (duwng), Japanese (), Korean (dong).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicทอง
d ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontɔɔng
Royal Institutethong
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰɔːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

ทอง • (tɔɔng)

  1. gold
  2. (slang) feces
  3. any metallic material, such as bronze, brass, copper, etc.

Synonyms

gold, gold metal

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ทอง” 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.

Western Lawa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɔŋ/

Noun

ทอง (thoang)

  1. satchel.