กระทุง

Thai

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Etymology

Cognate with Lao ກະທຸງ (ka thung, pelican).

Possibly from กระ (grà) + ทุง (tung).

Its ultimate etymology is uncertain. Shorto proposed to be Austroasiatic.[1] Compare Khmer ទុង (tung, pelican).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกระทุง
kraduŋ
Phonemic
กฺระ-ทุง
k̥raduŋ
RomanizationPaiboongrà-tung
Royal Institutekra-thung
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.tʰuŋ˧/(R)

Noun

กระทุง • (grà-tung)

  1. (zoology) (นก~) (classifier ตัว) spot-billed pelican: the bird Pelecanus philippensis of the family Pelecanidae.
  2. (zoology) (วงศ์~, วงศ์นก~) Pelecanidae.
  3. (zoology) (อันดับ~, อันดับนก~) Pelecaniformes.
  4. (by extension) (นก~) (classifier ตัว) any pelican.

References

  1. Shorto, H. (2006). A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell. #572. p. 193
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