พวก

Thai

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer vvak, vvāk, vok, bok (“to come together; to assemble; to congregate; group; company; gathering; assemblage”), which is from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vok (“ibid.”); compare Modern Khmer ពួក (puək). Cognate with Lao ພວກ (phūak). Compare จำพวก.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		พวก b w k
Romanization	Paiboon	pûuak
	Royal Institute	phuak
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰua̯k̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

พวก • (pûuak)

1. group; party (of people, animals).
   • พวกนี้

     pûuak níi

     these

   • พวกเรา

     pûuak rao

     we

   • พวกเขา

     pûuak kǎo

     they

Classifier

พวก • (pûuak)

1. Classifier for a group.