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หนัง

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See also: หนึ่ง

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰnaŋᴬ (“skin”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩢᨦ, Lao ໜັງ (nang), Lü ᦐᧂ (ṅang), Tai Dam ꪘꪰꪉ, Shan ၼင် (nǎng), Aiton ꩫ︀င︀် (naṅ), Zhuang naeng. Compare Proto-Be *naŋᴬ¹.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหนัง
h n ạ ŋ
Phonemic
หฺนัง
h ̥ n ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnǎng
Royal Institutenang
(standard) IPA(key)/naŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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หนัง • (nǎng)

  1. skin; leather
  2. shadow puppetry, as หนังตะลุง (nǎng-dtà-lung), หนังใหญ่ (nǎng-yài), etc.
  3. outdoor cinema, as หนังกลางแปลง, หนังขายยา, etc.
  4. (slang) cinema; movie; film

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “หนัง” 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.