พวก

Thai

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer vvak, vvāk, vok, bok (“to come together; to assemble; to congregate; group; company; gathering; assemblage”), which is from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vok (“ibid.”); compare Modern Khmer ពួក (puək). Cognate with Lao ພວກ (phūak). Compare จำพวก.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		พวก b w k
Romanization	Paiboon	pûuak
	Royal Institute	phuak
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰua̯k̚˥˩/

Noun

พวก • (pûuak)

group; party (of people, animals).
- พวกนี้
  pûuak níi
  these
- พวกเรา
  pûuak rao
  we
- พวกเขา
  pûuak kǎo
  they

Classifier

พวก • (pûuak)

Classifier for a group.

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