กอง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกอง
k ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongɔɔng
Royal Institutekong
(standard) IPA(key)/kɔːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *koːŋᴬ (“to heap up”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ກອງ (kǭng), Lü ᦂᦸᧂ (k̇oang), Tai Nüa ᥐᥩᥒ (koang), Tai Dam ꪀꪮꪉ, Shan ၵွင် (kǎung), Zhuang gong (“classifier for heaped-up things”).

Noun

กอง • (gɔɔng)

  1. heap; pile; stack; mound.

Verb

กอง • (gɔɔng) (abstract noun การกอง)

  1. to pile up; to pile; to accumulate; to heap; to stack up.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

กอง • (gɔɔng)

  1. troop; force; band; company; brigade.
  2. division; office; bureau.

Classifier

กอง • (gɔɔng)

  1. Classifier for a troop, force, band, company, or brigade, or for piles or heaps. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 348

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