ขพุง
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. It appears only 2 times in the stone inscriptions (ศิลาจารึก (sì-laa-jaa-rʉ́k)) of Sukhothai period (600 years ago) as พระขพุง, that is believed to be a spirit name. There is no usage ever since then.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | ขพุง kʰ b u ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ขะ-พุง kʰ a – b u ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kà-pung |
| Royal Institute | kha-phung | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰa˨˩.pʰuŋ˧/(R) | |
Proper noun
[edit]ขพุง • (kà-pung)
- (archaic) the name of a spirit.