โคร่ง

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ក្រោង៑ (kroṅ), ក្រង៑ (kraṅ, “high; huge”). Cognate with Modern Khmer គ្រោង (kroong), Lao ໂຄ່ງ (khōng). Compare Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜂𑜫 (khuṅ).

Jonsson (1991) suggested it was from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡrɔŋᴮ⁴ (“big”) but most of SWT languages do not have words for it.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicโคร่ง
o g r ˋ ŋ
Phonemic
โคฺร่ง
o g ̥ r ˋ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkrôong
Royal Institutekhrong
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰroːŋ˥˩/(R)

Noun

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โคร่ง • (krôong)

  1. (เสือ~) (zoology) tiger.

Adjective

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โคร่ง • (krôong) (abstract noun ความโคร่ง)

  1. big; huge; tall.

Synonyms

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