Abstract:
Naminghas been signified in Southeast Asian countries. The people believe in good name that the
good meaning will get them good luck, healthy, and rich. In the past time Thais having no surname,
they used the short words to name themselves. The problems come across was that having the same
name that it could not identify a person differently. In the Rama V of the Rattanakosin period, Thais
had a surname to separate people who came from various areas of Thailand and being an ethnicity
differently. Saek is a one ethnicity living in NakonPhanom province in the Northeastern region of
Thailand. The origin place was in China before moved into Laos and Thailand. This research seeks
to find the characteristic of Saek's surname by use the ethno linguistic framework and the fieldwork
is NakonPhanom province, Thailand. The surnames were collected from province's census to search
the surnames of Saek people living in Art-Samat villages as it has been well-known as a Saek
village.
In this village have 206 Saek's families that there are 98 surnames totally. The surname's language
structure was found that there are between 2-6 syllables. The surnames mostly have in 3 syllables
and 2 syllables of which have more than 80 percentages of all. The languages root had been taken
from Pali-Sanskrit, Isan, Thai, and Khmer languages. the word markers of Saek's surname that are
the words 'han5' and 'kla3' of which mean the 'brave'. The word 'han' is in Mon-Khmer language
family while 'kla' is in Tai language family. Having these words appearing in the surnames shown
the mixing of various languages and ethnicities who is living together in this village. The word
meaning of brave; moreover, illustrates the worldview concept of them that the brave is one identity
of Saek people. The next research should be studied the surnames of Saek living in Laos and
Vietnam to compare to find that the major language in that areas whether influences on Saek
surname |
