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แข็ง

kɛ̌ngverbtonerising tonerising
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1v.

be hardlexitron

2v.

be stiff; be solid; be rigid; be rocklike; be firmlexitron

3adj.

hard; rigidwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹ (“solid; hard”), from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ or ᨡᩯᩢ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແຂງ (khǣng), Lü ᦶᦃᧂ (ẋaeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪉ, Shan ၶႅင် (khěng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒᥴ (xáeng), Phake ၵ︀ိင︀် (khiṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Sapa xeŋᴬ¹, Bouyei jeengl, Saek เถรี่ยง (“hard”) and แข้ง (“tight; tense”), Zhuang geng.