单词 | panung |
释义 | panungn. A traditional Thai garment consisting of a long piece of cloth (usually silk or cotton) wrapped round the lower part of the body and secured around the waist, sometimes with a further pass between the legs.Originally worn by both men and women in a number of contexts, but now chiefly by women in rural areas or as a form of national dress on ceremonial occasions. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > other sam-cloth1552 hip hapea1640 flap1813 panung1857 1857 J. Bowring Kingdom & People of Siam I. 132 Of the garments worn by the Siamese, the panung..is worn round the waist and thighs. 1866 Bangkok Recorder in Amer. Ethnologist (1993) 20 141 The garment..is kept in place just as the Siamese do their panoong, by using a white strip for a belt. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Aug. 4/1 Two men dressed in their ordinary garb—only a dark blue ‘panung’ about their loins (all Siamese wear the panung). 1958 Listener 18 Dec. 1039/3 Siamese girls..wear their traditional panung, or slim skirt folded in front adapted from their own pasin. 1994 S. P. Somtow Jasmine Nights (1995) I. 336 This is not the chic new Samlee but the old one, clad in an old panung, her face whitened with antique beauty lotion. 2000 Bangkok Post (Nexis) 6 Apr. If I work at another village..I never ask for money; the family gives me what they want. One thing I'm sure to receive is a towel and phaa nung or a sarong to wear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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