แกง

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicแกง
æ k ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongɛɛng
Royal Institutekaeng
(standard) IPA(key)/kɛːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kɛːŋᴬ² (“soup; broth”), from Middle Chinese 羹 (MC kaeng, “thick soup”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແກງ (kǣng), Lü ᦶᦂᧂ (k̇aeng), Shan ၵႅင် (kěng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥦᥒ (kaeng), Saek เก๋ง, Yong ᨠᩯ᩠ᨦ.

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng)

  1. curry; soup; stew.

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. to make or make as or into a curry, soup, or stew.
  2. (often in combination) to kill; to slay.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corrupted from แกล้ง (glɛ̂ɛng) which is influenced by ต้ม (dtôm, “to boil; to trick”).

Verb

แกง • (gɛɛng) (abstract noun การแกง)

  1. (colloquial, originally LGBT slang) to subject to public outrage or humiliation.
  2. (colloquial) to trick; to deceive; to sham.
the insect Acoloba lanceolata of the family Pentatomidae

Noun

แกง • (gɛɛng) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (dialect) (แมง~) stink bug: any of the insects of the family Pentatomidae.
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