อุโมงค์

Thai

Alternative forms

  • อุมงค์

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali ummagga (tunnel), possibly via Khmer ឧម្មង្គ (ʼummɑng, tunnel).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอุโมงค์
ɒ u o m ŋ g ʻ
Phonemic
อุ-โมง
ɒ u – o m ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonù-moong
Royal Instituteu-mong
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.moːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

อุโมงค์ • (ù-moong) (classifier อุโมงค์)

  1. tunnel (passage underground, underwater, or through or under obstruction)
  2. burrow; cave; underground or underwater chamber

Further reading

  • อุโมงค์” 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.