ตกลง

Thai

Etymology

ตก (dtòk, “to fall”) +‎ ลง (long, “to descend, put down”). The "agree" sense appears to be a semantic extension along the lines of "fall down into the same consensus".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ตกลง t k l ŋ
Phonemic		ตก-ลง t k – l ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	dtòk-long
	Royal Institute	tok-long
(standard) IPA(key)		/tok̚˨˩.loŋ˧/(R)

Verb

ตกลง • (dtòk-long) (abstract noun การตกลง)

1. to agree (to something)
2. to fall (straight) down

Derived terms

• ความตกลง (kwaam-dtòk-long)

Further reading

• “ตกลง” 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.