Stang vs Satang - What's the difference?
stang | satang |
(archaic, or, obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
* 1962 ,
(archaic, or, obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
* 1880 ,
(dialect, rare) (sting)
As nouns the difference between stang and satang
is that stang is a long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake while satang is a subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Thai baht.As a verb stang
is to shoot with pain, to sting.stang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (cognate with Old English steng).Noun
(en noun)- Gripping the stang , she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
- These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang ,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")