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เชือก

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ɟɤːkᴰ (rope; cord).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩮᩬᩥᨠ, Khün ᨩᩮᩨ᩠ᨠ, Lao ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak), ᦵᦋᦲᧅ (tsoek), Tai Dam ꪹꪋꪀ, Shan ၸိူၵ်ႈ (tsōek), Tai Nüa ᥓᥫᥐ (tsoek), Phake ꩡ︀ိုက︀် (cük), Ahom 𑜋𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (chük), Zhuang cag, cieg, Zuojiang Zhuang cweg, Nong Zhuang zowg.

Compare Mon ဇုက် and Proto-Vietic *ɟaːk (whence Vietnamese chạc).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicเชือก
e d͡ʑ ụ̄ ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonchʉ̂ʉak
Royal Institutechueak
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɯa̯k̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

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เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak) (classifier เส้น)

  1. rope; string; cord; thread

Classifier

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เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak)

  1. Classifier for domesticated elephants.

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • เชือก” 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.