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.