NUENG (นึ่ง)

[Kanga Japan]

I read that the word for 'to steam' - NUENG (นึ่ง) applies to fish and rice only.

Is this correct?

Thank you.

[stoneyboy]

My translation has to cook over steam sorry I can't elaborate any further.

[Kanga Japan]

Thanks for your quick reply stoneyboy.

Yes, most translations only state 'to steam', however some cookbooks state that this word is only used when steaming fish and rice.

I appreciate your help.

[AyG]

A quick glance at a Thai corpus shows it's also used with crab.

[saakura]

With steamed Chinese buns too.

[saakura]

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[Kanga Japan]

Thanks AyG,

I guess it may be seafood, not just fish, but I don't want to spend too much time on it, if it is not specifically indicated that way in Thai. I probably should just indicate it as 'to steam'.

By the way, what do you mean by a 'Thai corpus', if I may ask?

Thank you.

[Kanga Japan]

Thanks saakura,

I think I will just leave it as 'to steam'. Appreciate your comments.

[AyG]

Thanks AyG,

I guess it may be seafood, not just fish, but I don't want to spend too much time on it, if it is not specifically indicated that way in Thai. I probably should just indicate it as 'to steam'.

By the way, what do you mean by a 'Thai corpus', if I may ask?

Thank you.

I just had a look on Thai Wikipedia. It lists a whole list of other things that can be neung: pork with lime, chicken with lemongrass, sweetcorn. Definitely not just seafood and rice.

A corpus is a database of a large number of texts in a given language. You can then search to find which words come before and after a given term. You're probably aware of the Cobuild English language dictionary. It was, I understand, the first dictionary to be developed using this approach to analyse how language is actually used in real life, rather than relying upon the wisdom of lexicographers.

The Thai corpus I use is at http://www.sealang.net/thai/corpus.htm

[Kanga Japan]

Thanks AyG,

I think now that we have absolutely confirmed that it applies to anything steamed.

I appreciate your explanation on corpus and the link to Thai corpus. I was not aware of that. Looks like it might be useful.

Best regards

[nalaknarak]

Yes. From what I've learned. You can use it to refer to anything steamed. E.g. ปลานึ่ง ซาลาเปานึ่ง ข้าวเหนียวนึ่ง ฟักทองนึ่ง ฯลฯ

[sourcherry]

Yes. From what I've learned. You can use it to refer to anything steamed. E.g. ปลานึ่ง ซาลาเปานึ่ง ข้าวเหนียวนึ่ง ฟักทองนึ่ง ฯลฯ

Reminds me of ปลากระพงนึ่งมะนาว! Yummm...

[Kanga Japan]

Both sound good to me. It's a bit steamy here in Tokyo today.

[Murf]

What about the old saying - I wouldn't give him/her the steam off my s***

[Kanga Japan]

Nice one Murf. Never heard of it actually.

On that note, I will have my breakfast.