Thai edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicโขยง
o kʰ y ŋ
Phonemic
ขะ-โหฺยง
kʰ a – o h ̥ y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkà-yǒong
Royal Institutekha-yong
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.joːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

โขยง (kà-yǒong)

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

Adjective edit

โขยง (kà-yǒong)

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