พวง
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Khmer ប្វង (pvaṅa), បូង (pūṅa, “mass, cluster, clump; whole, all”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពួង (puəng). Doublet of ปวง (bpuuang).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic/Phonemic | พวง b w ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | puuang |
| Royal Institute | phuang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰua̯ŋ˧/(R) | |
Noun
[edit]พวง • (puuang)
- cluster; bunch; string.
- (slang) testis.
- (zoology) (ปลา~) sultan fish: the fish Leptobarbus hoeveni of the family Cyprinidae.