ผงก

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from Old Khmer *ṅak, *ṅok (“to nod”), and thus cognate with Modern Khmer ងក់ (ngŭək). Possibly related to สัปหงก.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ผงก pʰ ŋ k
Phonemic		ผะ-หฺงก pʰ a – h ̥ ŋ k
Romanization	Paiboon	pà-ngòk
	Royal Institute	pha-ngok
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˨˩.ŋok̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ผงก • (pà-ngòk) (abstract noun การผงก)

1. (of a head) to nod.

Derived terms

• ผกผงก