โขยง

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from corruption of โขลง (klǒong), in the same manner as ขยาด (kà-yàat), a corrupted form of ขลาด (klàat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โขยง o kʰ y ŋ
Phonemic		ขะ-โหฺยง kʰ a – o h ̥ y ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kà-yǒong
	Royal Institute	kha-yong
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˨˩.joːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

โขยง • (kà-yǒong)

1. (often used of large animals, as elephants) group; herd.
2. (slang, often humorous) any large quantity.

Adjective

โขยง • (kà-yǒong)

1. (slang, often humorous) in a large quantity; in whole; wholly; in entirety; entirely; altogether.