กระทุง
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Lao ກະທຸງ (ka thung, “pelican”).
Possibly from กระ (grà) + ทุง (tung).
Its ultimate etymology is uncertain. Shorto proposed to be Austroasiatic.[1] Compare Khmer ទុង (tung) and Vietnamese nông, both also meaning "pelican".
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | กระทุง k r a d u ŋ | |
Phonemic | กฺระ-ทุง k ̥ r a – d u ŋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | grà-tung |
Royal Institute | kra-thung | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kra˨˩.tʰuŋ˧/(R) |
Noun
[edit]กระทุง • (grà-tung)
- (zoology) (นก~) (classifier ตัว) spot-billed pelican: the bird Pelecanus philippensis of the family Pelecanidae.
- (zoology) (วงศ์~, วงศ์นก~) Pelecanidae.
- (zoology) (อันดับ~, อันดับนก~) Pelecaniformes.
- (by extension) (นก~) (classifier ตัว) any pelican.
References
[edit]- ^ Shorto, H. (2006). A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell. #572. p. 193