ฝูง

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *fuːŋᴬ¹ (“flock; swarm; group; party”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩪᨦ, Lao ຝູງ (fūng), Lü ᦚᦳᧂ (ḟung), Shan ၽုင် (phǔng) or ၾုင် (fǔng), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜂𑜫 (phuṅ).

ฝูง • (fǔung)

1. group: collection or assemblage (of persons, things, etc).

   มาเป็นฝูง

   maa bpen fǔung

   come in groups

   ฝูงผึ้ง

   fǔung pʉ̂ng

   swarm of bees

   ฝูงนก

   fǔung nók

   flock of birds

   ฝูงกา

   fǔung gaa

   murder of crows

   ฝูงปลา

   fǔung bplaa

   school of fish

   ฝูงหมา

   fǔung mǎa

   pack of dogs

   ฝูงแมว

   fǔung mɛɛo

   clowder of cats

   ฝูงลิง

   fǔung ling

   troop of monkeys

   ฝูงโจร

   fǔung joon

   company of bandits

• Rarely used of inanimate things.
• Groups of elephants are called โขลง (klǒong).
• Now, applying the term to other living things than non-human animals is somewhat archaic, and applying the term to human beings can be considered derogatory and offensive.

• → Khmer: ផូង (phoung), ហ្វូង (voung)
• → Chong: ฟูง