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

Is this correct?

Thank you.

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

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.

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

With steamed Chinese buns too.

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Edited June 1, 201412 yr by saakura

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.

Thanks saakura,

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Nice one Murf. Never heard of it actually.

On that note, I will have my breakfast.