ตำลึง
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Thai[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
| Orthographic | ตำลึง t å l ụ ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ตำ-ลึง t å – l ụ ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | dtam-lʉng |
| Royal Institute | tam-lueng | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tam˧.lɯŋ˧/(R) | |
Etymology 1[edit]
Compare Mon တၞုင် (tnung) (as in တၞုင်ကရောပ် (tnungkarop, “ivy gourd”)).
Noun[edit]
ตำลึง • (dtam-lʉng)
- (botany) ivy gourd: the plant Coccinia grandis of the family Cucurbitaceae.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Khmer តំលិង (taṃliṅa), តំលីង (taṃlīṅa), តំម្លិង (taṃmliṅa), តំម្លីង (taṃmlīṅa), តម្លិង (tamliṅa, “weight for precious metals; coin, probably of silver”). Cognate with Modern Khmer តំឡឹង (tɑmləng), Lao ຕຳລຶງ (tam lưng).
Noun[edit]
ตำลึง • (dtam-lʉng)
- a traditional Thai unit of currency, equal to 4 บาท (bàat).
- a traditional Thai unit of weight, equal to 60 grams.
Derived terms[edit]
- พูดไปสองไพเบี้ย นิ่งเสียตำลึงทอง (pûut-bpai-sɔ̌ɔng-pai-bîia-nîng-sǐia-dtam-lʉng-tɔɔng)