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 (jam-pûuak).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicพวก
b w k
RomanizationPaiboonpûuak
Royal Institutephuak
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰua̯k̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

พวก • (pûuak)

  1. group; party (of people, animals).
    นี้
    pûuak níi
    these
    เรา
    pûuak rao
    we
    เขา
    pûuak kǎo
    they

Classifier

พวก • (pûuak)

  1. Classifier for a group.