พยุง

Thai

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographicพยุง
b y u ŋ
Phonemic
พะ-ยุง
b a – y u ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonpá-yung
Royal Institutepha-yung
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.juŋ˧/(R)

Verb

พยุง • (pá-yung) (abstract noun การพยุง)

  1. to support or carry physically, as by human crutch.
  2. to support or maintain, so as to prevent from falling or to keep in some condition.

Derived terms

  • พยุงปีก

Further reading

  • พยุง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.