"เงือก" meaning in Thai

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Noun

IPA: /ŋɯa̯k̚˥˩/ [standard] Forms: ngʉ̂ʉak [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”); cognate with Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak), Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ, Shan ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek), Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük), Nong Zhuang ngowg, Zuojiang Zhuang ngweg. According to Pittayaporn (2009-2010:16) from Middle Chinese 鱷 (MC ngak, “crocodile”), yet Vovin (2021:113) contends that the loan direction is from Tai to Eastern Han Chinese. Etymology templates: {{inh|th|tai-pro|*ŋɯəkᴰ||crocodile}} Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”), {{cog|lo|ເງືອກ}} Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak), {{cog|blt|ꪹꪉꪀ}} Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ, {{cog|shn|ငိူၵ်ႈ}} Shan ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek), {{cog|tdd|ᥒᥫᥐ}} Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek), {{cog|aho|𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫}} Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük), {{cog|zhn|ngowg}} Nong Zhuang ngowg, {{cog|zzj|ngweg}} Zuojiang Zhuang ngweg, {{der|th|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|鱷|crocodile}} 鱷 (MC ngak, “crocodile”) Head templates: {{th-noun}} เงือก • (ngʉ̂ʉak)
  1. (archaic) crocodile. Tags: archaic Synonyms (crocodile): จระเข้ (jɔɔ-rá-kêe)
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-kvQtONjM Categories (other): Thai terms with redundant script codes, Reptiles, Snakes Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 32 19 7 8 16 6 1 10 Disambiguation of Snakes: 26 27 9 8 16 4 1 9 Disambiguation of 'crocodile': 81 0 5 10 1 1 0 2
  2. (archaic) snake. Tags: archaic Synonyms (snake): งู (nguu)
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-y-vmK0Px Categories (other): Snakes Disambiguation of Snakes: 26 27 9 8 16 4 1 9 Disambiguation of 'snake': 0 80 8 13 0 0 0 0
  3. (archaic, mythology, literature) nāga; dragon; serpent. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-CsnDEUdh Categories (other): Literature, Mythology, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Fantasy Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19 Disambiguation of Fantasy: 20 3 36 27 3 3 3 7 Topics: human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  4. (archaic, mythology, literature) malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-KmqH0dA- Categories (other): Literature, Mythology, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19 Topics: human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  5. merperson.
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-3PHwumsT Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Birds, Mammals, Mythological creatures, Snakes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 2 4 4 46 8 2 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 3 3 45 18 1 23 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 7 1 5 6 36 25 1 18 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19 Disambiguation of Birds: 2 2 2 3 40 10 2 38 Disambiguation of Mammals: 3 2 3 9 34 8 25 15 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 2 2 6 18 54 8 2 9 Disambiguation of Snakes: 26 27 9 8 16 4 1 9
  6. (sports slang) swimmer. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-JmInqW-v Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (slang) dugong. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-kliMXJOL
  8. (zoology) (นก~) any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae.
    Sense id: en-เงือก-th-noun-RpjVf--I Categories (other): Zoology, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Birds Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19 Disambiguation of Birds: 2 2 2 3 40 10 2 38 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: นาค (nâak), พะยูน (pá-yuun) Derived forms: นางเงือก (naang-ngʉ̂ʉak)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "naang-ngʉ̂ʉak",
      "word": "นางเงือก"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ເງືອກ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blt",
        "2": "ꪹꪉꪀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ငိူၵ်ႈ"
      },
      "expansion": "Shan ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tdd",
        "2": "ᥒᥫᥐ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ngowg"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "zzj",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "鱷",
        "2": "crocodile"
      },
      "expansion": "鱷 (MC ngak, “crocodile”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”); cognate with Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak), Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ, Shan ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek), Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük), Nong Zhuang ngowg, Zuojiang Zhuang ngweg.\nAccording to Pittayaporn (2009-2010:16) from Middle Chinese 鱷 (MC ngak, “crocodile”), yet Vovin (2021:113) contends that the loan direction is from Tai to Eastern Han Chinese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngʉ̂ʉak",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "เงือก • (ngʉ̂ʉak)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 19 7 8 16 6 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "th:Reptiles",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 27 9 8 16 4 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Snakes",
          "orig": "th:Snakes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              136,
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            ]
          ],
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              101
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          "english": "[Around] six days [or] seven days [afterwards], the Lord went to wash [his] hair in the River of Chiang Kham. [At] that time, a certain crocodile, so large, coming out of an edge of a cliff, dragged the Lord away into that very edge of the cliff. All the people, such as [his] ministers [and] officers, searched for the Lord, but in no place was [he] found.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “ผูกที่ ๓”, in ศูนย์วัฒนธรรมจังหวัดเชียงใหม่ สถาบันราชภัฏเชียงใหม่, editor, ตำนานพื้นเมืองเชียงใหม่ ฉบับเชียงใหม่ ๗๐๐ ปี, เชียงใหม่: โรงพิมพ์มิ่งเมือง, published 1995, →ISBN, page 50:",
          "roman": "hòk · wan · jèt · wan · prá-yaa pai dam-hǔua-sǒng-gèet nai mɛ̂ɛ-náam chiiang-kam · yaam nán · ngʉ̂ʉak dtuua · nʉ̀ng · yài nák · lúk dtɛ̀ɛ ngʉ́ʉam pǎa ɔ̀ɔk maa chák ao prá-yaa kâo pai nai ngʉ́ʉam pǎa tîi nán hân lɛɛ · kon táng-lǎai · bpen-dtôn wâa · sěe-naa-aa-màat · sà-wɛ̌ɛng-hǎa prá-yaa bɔ̀ɔ póp nǎi sàk hɛ̀ng",
          "text": "๖ วัน ๗ วัน พระญาไพดำหัวสรงเกสในแม่น้ำเชียงฅำ ยามนั้น เงือกตัว ๑ ใหย่นัก ลุกแต่เงื้อมผาออกมาชักเอาพระญาเข้าไพในเงื้อมผาที่นั้นหั้นแล ฅนทั้งหลาย เปนต้นว่า เสนาอามาจจ์ แสวงหาพระญาบ่พบไหนสักแห่ง",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crocodile."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-kvQtONjM",
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          "crocodile",
          "crocodile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) crocodile."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "81 0 5 10 1 1 0 2",
          "roman": "jɔɔ-rá-kêe",
          "sense": "crocodile",
          "word": "จระเข้"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 27 9 8 16 4 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "th:Snakes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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          "english": "The Lord goes atop a white cow, [and his] flank [he] coils a snake around. [He is] said to wear a moon as hairpin, [and he] wears the crown of In.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “ลิลิตโองการแช่งน้ำ”, in วรรณกรรมสมัยอยุธยา เล่ม ๑, 2nd edition, Bangkok: กรมศิลปากร, กองวรรณกรรมและประวัติศาสตร์, published 1997, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "roman": "táao sà-dèt nʉ̌ʉa wuua pʉ̀ʉak · ao ngʉ̂ʉak gîao kâang · âang tát jan bpen bpìn · song in-trá chá-daa",
          "text": "ท้าวเสด็จเหนือวัวเผือก เอาเงือกเกี้ยวข้าง อ้างทัดจันทร์เป็นปิ่น ทรงอินทรชฎา",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snake."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-y-vmK0Px",
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          "snake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) snake."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
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          "_dis1": "0 80 8 13 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "nguu",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "งู"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 3 36 27 3 3 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "th:Fantasy",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nāga; dragon; serpent."
      ],
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          "dragon",
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          "serpent",
          "serpent"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, mythology, literature) nāga; dragon; serpent."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
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        "malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water."
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "having",
          "have"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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          "appearance"
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          "associate",
          "associate"
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        "(archaic, mythology, literature) malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water."
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        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "2 2 2 3 40 10 2 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "th:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 3 9 34 8 25 15",
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          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "th:Mammals",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "merperson."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-3PHwumsT",
      "links": [
        [
          "merperson",
          "merperson"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "th:Sports",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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          "english": "Yusra Mardini, a young mermaid who swam away from war into Olympic Games.",
          "ref": "2016 May 18, “ยุสร่า มาร์ดินี่ เงือกสาวผู้แหวกว่ายหนีสงครามสู่โอลิมปิกเกมส์”, in มติชน, Bangkok: มติชน, archived from the original on 2016-08-23:",
          "roman": "yús-râa · maa-dì-nîi · ngʉ̂ʉak sǎao pûu wɛ̀ɛk-wâai nǐi sǒng-kraam sùu oo-lim-bpìk-geem",
          "text": "ยุสร่า มาร์ดินี่ เงือกสาวผู้แหวกว่ายหนีสงครามสู่โอลิมปิกเกมส์",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swimmer."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-JmInqW-v",
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          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "swimmer",
          "swimmer"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports slang) swimmer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "dugong."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-kliMXJOL",
      "links": [
        [
          "dugong",
          "dugong"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) dugong."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Zoology",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 2 17 16 20 10 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 3 40 10 2 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Birds",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(นก~) any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae."
      ],
      "id": "en-เงือก-th-noun-RpjVf--I",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "นก",
          "นก#Thai"
        ],
        [
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          "various"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
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          "family",
          "family"
        ],
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          "Bucerotidae",
          "Bucerotidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) (นก~) any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɯa̯k̚˥˩/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nâak",
      "word": "นาค"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pá-yuun",
      "word": "พะยูน"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Eastern Han Chinese"
  ],
  "word": "เงือก"
}
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    "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Thai nouns",
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    "Thai terms derived from Proto-Tai",
    "Thai terms inherited from Proto-Tai",
    "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
    "th:Birds",
    "th:Fantasy",
    "th:Mammals",
    "th:Mythological creatures",
    "th:Reptiles",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "naang-ngʉ̂ʉak",
      "word": "นางเงือก"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "crocodile"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ເງືອກ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "blt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ငိူၵ်ႈ"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tdd",
        "2": "ᥒᥫᥐ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zhn",
        "2": "ngowg"
      },
      "expansion": "Nong Zhuang ngowg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zzj",
        "2": "ngweg"
      },
      "expansion": "Zuojiang Zhuang ngweg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "鱷",
        "2": "crocodile"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”); cognate with Lao ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak), Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪀ, Shan ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek), Tai Nüa ᥒᥫᥐ (ngoek), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük), Nong Zhuang ngowg, Zuojiang Zhuang ngweg.\nAccording to Pittayaporn (2009-2010:16) from Middle Chinese 鱷 (MC ngak, “crocodile”), yet Vovin (2021:113) contends that the loan direction is from Tai to Eastern Han Chinese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngʉ̂ʉak",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "เงือก • (ngʉ̂ʉak)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for date",
        "Thai terms with archaic senses",
        "Thai terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              136,
              145
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              94,
              101
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              54,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[Around] six days [or] seven days [afterwards], the Lord went to wash [his] hair in the River of Chiang Kham. [At] that time, a certain crocodile, so large, coming out of an edge of a cliff, dragged the Lord away into that very edge of the cliff. All the people, such as [his] ministers [and] officers, searched for the Lord, but in no place was [he] found.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “ผูกที่ ๓”, in ศูนย์วัฒนธรรมจังหวัดเชียงใหม่ สถาบันราชภัฏเชียงใหม่, editor, ตำนานพื้นเมืองเชียงใหม่ ฉบับเชียงใหม่ ๗๐๐ ปี, เชียงใหม่: โรงพิมพ์มิ่งเมือง, published 1995, →ISBN, page 50:",
          "roman": "hòk · wan · jèt · wan · prá-yaa pai dam-hǔua-sǒng-gèet nai mɛ̂ɛ-náam chiiang-kam · yaam nán · ngʉ̂ʉak dtuua · nʉ̀ng · yài nák · lúk dtɛ̀ɛ ngʉ́ʉam pǎa ɔ̀ɔk maa chák ao prá-yaa kâo pai nai ngʉ́ʉam pǎa tîi nán hân lɛɛ · kon táng-lǎai · bpen-dtôn wâa · sěe-naa-aa-màat · sà-wɛ̌ɛng-hǎa prá-yaa bɔ̀ɔ póp nǎi sàk hɛ̀ng",
          "text": "๖ วัน ๗ วัน พระญาไพดำหัวสรงเกสในแม่น้ำเชียงฅำ ยามนั้น เงือกตัว ๑ ใหย่นัก ลุกแต่เงื้อมผาออกมาชักเอาพระญาเข้าไพในเงื้อมผาที่นั้นหั้นแล ฅนทั้งหลาย เปนต้นว่า เสนาอามาจจ์ แสวงหาพระญาบ่พบไหนสักแห่ง",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crocodile."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crocodile",
          "crocodile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) crocodile."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for date",
        "Thai terms with archaic senses",
        "Thai terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              61,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              35,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Lord goes atop a white cow, [and his] flank [he] coils a snake around. [He is] said to wear a moon as hairpin, [and he] wears the crown of In.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “ลิลิตโองการแช่งน้ำ”, in วรรณกรรมสมัยอยุธยา เล่ม ๑, 2nd edition, Bangkok: กรมศิลปากร, กองวรรณกรรมและประวัติศาสตร์, published 1997, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "roman": "táao sà-dèt nʉ̌ʉa wuua pʉ̀ʉak · ao ngʉ̂ʉak gîao kâang · âang tát jan bpen bpìn · song in-trá chá-daa",
          "text": "ท้าวเสด็จเหนือวัวเผือก เอาเงือกเกี้ยวข้าง อ้างทัดจันทร์เป็นปิ่น ทรงอินทรชฎา",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snake."
      ],
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        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) snake."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai terms with archaic senses",
        "th:Literature",
        "th:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nāga; dragon; serpent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "nāga",
          "nāga"
        ],
        [
          "dragon",
          "dragon"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, mythology, literature) nāga; dragon; serpent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai terms with archaic senses",
        "th:Literature",
        "th:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "malevolent",
          "malevolent"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, mythology, literature) malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "merperson."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "merperson",
          "merperson"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai slang",
        "Thai terms with usage examples",
        "th:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Yusra Mardini, a young mermaid who swam away from war into Olympic Games.",
          "ref": "2016 May 18, “ยุสร่า มาร์ดินี่ เงือกสาวผู้แหวกว่ายหนีสงครามสู่โอลิมปิกเกมส์”, in มติชน, Bangkok: มติชน, archived from the original on 2016-08-23:",
          "roman": "yús-râa · maa-dì-nîi · ngʉ̂ʉak sǎao pûu wɛ̀ɛk-wâai nǐi sǒng-kraam sùu oo-lim-bpìk-geem",
          "text": "ยุสร่า มาร์ดินี่ เงือกสาวผู้แหวกว่ายหนีสงครามสู่โอลิมปิกเกมส์",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swimmer."
      ],
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        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "swimmer",
          "swimmer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports slang) swimmer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dugong."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dugong",
          "dugong"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) dugong."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "th:Zoology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(นก~) any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "นก",
          "นก#Thai"
        ],
        [
          "various",
          "various"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "Bucerotidae",
          "Bucerotidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) (นก~) any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɯa̯k̚˥˩/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nguu",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "งู"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nâak",
      "word": "นาค"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jɔɔ-rá-kêe",
      "sense": "crocodile",
      "word": "จระเข้"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pá-yuun",
      "word": "พะยูน"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Eastern Han Chinese"
  ],
  "word": "เงือก"
}

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