ຫົກ

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Lao[edit]

Lao cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ຫົກ (hok)
    Ordinal : ທີ່ຫົກ (thī hok)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ (six), from Proto-Tai *krokᴰ (six), from Old Chinese (OC *ruɡ, “six”).[1] Cognate with Thai หก (hòk), Northern Thai ᩉᩫ᩠ᨠ, ᦷᦠᧅ (ḣok), Tai Dam ꪶꪬꪀ, Shan ႁူၵ်း (húuk), Tai Nüa ᥞᥨᥐᥱ (hǒk), Ahom 𑜍𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ruk), Bouyei rogt, Zhuang roek or loeg, Nong Zhuang choak.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [hok̚˧˥]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [hok̚˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຫົກ
  • Rhymes: -ok̚

Numeral[edit]

ຫົກ (hok)

  1. six

Coordinate terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Playing cards in Lao · ໄພ້ (phai) (layout · text)
ແອສ (ʼǣt) ຫຼື

ໜຶ່ງ (nưng), (1)

ສອງ (sǭng), (2) ສາມ (sām), (3) ສີ່ (), (4) ຫ້າ (), (5) ຫົກ (hok), (6) ເຈັດ (chet), (7)
ແປດ (pǣt), (8) ເກົ້າ (kao), (9) ສິບ (sip), ໑໐ (10) ແຈັກ (chæk) ຄວີນ (kha wīn) ຄິງ (khing) ໂຈກເກີ (chōk kœ̄), ໂຈກ (chōk)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.