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/Phonemicพวง
b w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonpuuang
Royal Institutephuang
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰua̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun edit

พวง (puuang)

  1. cluster; bunch; string.
  2. (slang) testis.
  3. (zoology) (ปลา~) sultan fish: the fish Leptobarbus hoeveni of the family Cyprinidae.

Derived terms edit