หนัก
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰnakᴰ (“heavy”). Cognate with Lao ໜັກ (nak), Lü ᦐᧅ (ṅak), Shan ၼၵ်း (nák), Ahom 𑜃𑜀𑜫 (nak), Bouyei nagt, Zhuang naek. Compare to Vietnamese nặng.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | หนัก h n ạ k | |
| Phonemic | หฺนัก h ̥ n ạ k | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nàk |
| Royal Institute | nak | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /nak̚˨˩/(R) | |
Adjective
หนัก • (nàk) (abstract noun ความหนัก)
- heavy.
- severe; serious.
- (slang, of an unfavourable behaviour or habit) extreme; excessive; incurable; uncorrectable; hopeless.