ปวง

Northern Khmer

Etymology

Compare Thai ฟอง (fɔɔng, “bubble; egg”), Khmer ពង (pɔɔng), Nyah Kur พอง่.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːəŋ/

Noun

ปวง (puuang)

1. egg.

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer ប្វង (pvaṅa), បូង (pūṅa, “mass, cluster, clump; whole, all”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពួង (puəng). Doublet of พวง (puuang).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ปวง p w ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bpuuang
	Royal Institute	puang
(standard) IPA(key)		/pua̯ŋ˧/(R)

Adjective

ปวง • (bpuuang)

1. all; every
2. whole; entire
3. in general; at large

Derived terms

• ทั้งปวง (táng-bpuuang)
• ท่านทั้งปวง
• ปวงชน

Further reading

• “ปวง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.