Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ផូង
pʰūṅ
WT romanisation phoung
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰouŋ/

Etymology 1

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From Thai ฝูง (fǔung).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ផូង (phoung)

  1. herd; pack; flock; school (group of animals)

Particle

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ផូង (phoung)

  1. a dialectal plural marker for pronouns
    ផូងគេ  ―  phoung kei  ―  they

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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ផូង (phoung)

  1. loud noise; bang
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