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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), ᦐᧂ (ṅang), Tai Dam ꪘꪰꪉ, Shan ၼင် (nǎng), Aiton ꩫင် (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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