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

Orthographicขพุง
kʰ b u ŋ
Phonemic
ขะ-พุง
kʰ a – b u ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkà-pung
Royal Institutekha-phung
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.pʰuŋ˧/(R)

Proper noun edit

ขพุง (kà-pung)

  1. (archaic) the name of a spirit.

References edit