พะยูน

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Thai[edit]

พะยูน

Etymology[edit]

Compare Malay duyung.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicพะยูน
b a y ū n
Phonemic
พะ-ยูน
b a – y ū n
RomanizationPaiboonpá-yuun
Royal Institutepha-yun
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.juːn˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

พะยูน (pá-yuun) (classifier ตัว)

  1. dugong.

Usage notes[edit]

It is often called ปลาพะยูน(bplaa pá-yuun) (literally “dugong fish”) even though it is not actually a fish.

Synonyms[edit]