Khantok (ขันโตก)

[Kanga Japan]

Can the word KHANTOK apply to the actual northern Thai meal, or does it just refer to the pedestal table?

My understanding is:

1. KHAN - a small dish used in khantok cuisine (metal?). What is its use?

2. TOK - the small pedestal table.

Thanks for your help. My apologies, but I am not too well versed on this.

[AyG]

TOK is short for KHANTOK, KHANTOK being a pedestalled tray. See, for example, https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%81

It's not the meal. For that you'd need additional words, such as THAN or AHAN.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear AyG,

Thank you for that. I sort of guessed it would need to have AHAN attached to it.

I will list it as AHAN KHANTOK (อาหารขันโตก). Also I think 'tray' is better than 'table'.