โขยง

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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.