หงาย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ (“moonlight”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Tày hai, Zhuang hai (“moon”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหงาย
h ŋ ā y
Phonemic
หฺงาย
h ̥ ŋ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonngǎai
Royal Institutengai
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋaːj˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

หงาย • (ngǎai) (abstract noun การหงาย)

  1. to supine, lie face up
  2. to turn face up, turn right side up
  3. to shine, wax

Derived terms

  • เดือนหงาย
  • นอนหงาย
  • ผงะหงาย
  • ล้มหงาย
  • หงายท้อง
  • หงายหลัง

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 335

Further reading

  • “หงาย” 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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