ส่อง

Saek

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng, “two”). Cognate with Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng), Northern Thai ᩈᩬᨦ, Lao ສອງ (sǭng), Lü ᦉᦸᧂ (ṡoang), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪉ, Shan သွင် (sǎung), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥒᥴ (sóang), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜂𑜫 (soṅ), Zhuang song.

Numeral

ส่อง (transliteration needed)

1. two

---

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†ถ่อง (tɔ̀ng)

 

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ส่อง s ˋ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		ส็่อง s ˘ ˋ ɒ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	sɔ̀ng
	Royal Institute	song
(standard) IPA(key)		/sɔŋ˨˩/(R)

Verb

ส่อง • (sɔ̀ng) (abstract noun การส่อง)

1. to emit light: to glow, to shine, to beam, to radiate, etc.
2. to look into the dark or look at or observe something in the dark, with the help of a light.
3. to look (at, into, through, etc); to look fixedly or intently; to observe.
4. (slang, of a weapon) to aim, to point; to discharge, to shoot, to fire.