โคร่ง

Thai

Etymology

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

Orthographic		โคร่ง o g r ˋ ŋ
Phonemic		โคฺร่ง o g ̥ r ˋ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	krôong
	Royal Institute	khrong
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰroːŋ˥˩/^(R)

Noun

โคร่ง • (krôong)

(เสือ~) (zoology) tiger.

Adjective

โคร่ง • (krôong) (abstract noun ความโคร่ง)

big; huge; tall.

Synonyms

เบ้อเร่อ (bə̂ə-rə̂ə)
ใหญ่ (yài)

Related terms

โข่ง (kòong)
โค่ง (kôong)

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