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นอน

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Northern Thai

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Verb

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นอน • (transliteration needed) (abstract noun ก๋ารนอน or ก๋านนอน)

  1. alternative spelling of ᨶᩬᩁ (“to lie down”)

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicนอน
n ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonnɔɔn
Royal Institutenon
(standard) IPA(key)/nɔːn˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *nwɯːnᴬ (“to lie down; to sleep”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩬᩁ, Khün ᨶᩬᩁ, Lao ນອນ (nǭn), Lü ᦓᦸᧃ (noan), Tai Dam ꪙꪮꪙ, Tai Dón ꪙꪮꪙ, Shan ၼွၼ်း (náun), Tai Nüa ᥘᥩᥢᥰ (löan) or ᥢᥩᥢᥰ (nöan), Aiton ꩫ︀ွꩫ︀် (non), Phake ꩫ︀ွꩫ︀် (non), Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜃𑜫 (non), Zhuang ninz, Nong Zhuang noanz.

Verb

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นอน • (nɔɔn) (abstract noun การนอน)

  1. to lie or lay (down, flat, etc.)
    ชอบนอนกินขนมระวังจะเป็นกรดไหลย้อน
    chɔ̂ɔp nɔɔn gin kà-nǒm rá-wang jà bpen gròt-hǎil-yɔ́ɔn
    (If you) like to lie down snacking, beware of acid reflux.
    อาการเป็นมากขึ้นขณะนอนราบ
    aa-gaan bpen mâak kʉ̂n kà-nà nɔɔn râap
    The symptom worsens when laying down.
  2. to sleep; to go to bed; to take a nap; to be in or as in the state of sleep; to cease being awake; to be asleep
    คุณควรนอนวันละแปดชั่วโมง
    kun kuuan nɔɔn wan lá bpɛ̀ɛt chûua-moong
    You should sleep eight hours per day.
  3. to sleep: to have sex
    หล่อนเคยนอนกับผู้ชายมานับร้อยคน
    lɔ̀n kəəi nɔɔn gàp pûu-chaai maa náp rɔ́ɔi kon
    She had had sex with more than a hundred men.
Synonyms
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to sleep

Adjective

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นอน • (nɔɔn)

  1. horizontal

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Filler word for euphony.”)

Verb

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นอน • (nɔɔn)

  1. used in แน่นอน (nɛ̂ɛ-nɔɔn, “to be certain, definite”)
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 350

Further reading

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  • “นอน” 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.