เอ็ง

See also: เอง

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Old Khmer eṅa, eṅ (“self; oneself; own; personally”).

Compare Modern Khmer ឯង (ʾaeng, “you; self, oneself; etc”); Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːŋ; Vietnamese anh (“you”).

Perhaps cognate with Thai เอง (eeng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเอ็ง
e ɒ ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaibooneng
Royal Instituteeng
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔeŋ˧/

Pronoun

เอ็ง • (eng)

  1. (vulgar, somewhat dated, archaic) a second person pronoun used to address a person of lower status or a friend of relative age.

Usage notes

  • Always used with the first person pronoun ข้า (kâa).
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