กุ้ง

See also: ก๋ง, กง, and กิ่ง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ (“shrimp”). Cognate with Lao ກຸ້ງ (kung), Lü ᦂᦳᧂᧉ (k̇ung²), Tai Dam ꪀꪴ꫁ꪉ (kung3), Tai Dón ꪶꪀꪉꫂ (kung3), Shan ၵုင်ႈ (kūng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥒᥲ (kòng), Phake ကုင် (kuṅ), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜂𑜫 (kuṅ), Zhuang gungq, Zuojiang Zhuang gungj, Saek กุง.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicกุ้ง
k u ˆ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongûng
Royal Institutekung
(standard) IPA(key)/kuŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

กุ้ง • (gûng) (classifier ตัว)

  1. shrimp; prawn.
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