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.

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

Noun

พวก • (pûuak)

  1. group; party (of people, animals).
    พวกนี้
    pûuak níi
    these
    พวกเรา
    pûuak rao
    we
    พวกเขา
    pûuak kǎo
    they

Classifier

พวก • (pûuak)

  1. Classifier for a group.
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