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พะยูน

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Thai

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พะยูน

Etymology

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Compare Malay duyung.

Pronunciation

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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

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พะยูน (pá-yuun) (classifier ตัว)

  1. dugong.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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