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กุ้ง

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

shrimplexitron

2n.

prawn; crayfish; crawfish; lobsterlexitron

3n.

shrimp; prawnwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

ภาคใต้ มี น้ำพริกกุ้งเสียบ

In the South, there's nam phrik kung siap.

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from น้ำพริก →

Built from

From Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ (“shrimp”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ກຸ້ງ (kung), Lü ᦂᦳᧂᧉ (k̇ung²), Tai Dam ꪀꪴ꫁ꪉ (kung3), Tai Dón ꪶꪀꪉꫂ (kung3), Shan ၵုင်ႈ (kūng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥒᥲ (kòng), Phake က︀ုင︀် (kuṅ), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜂𑜫 (kuṅ). In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang gungq. In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang gungq, Saek กุง. In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang gungj (Ningming, Longzhou and Daxin dialects) or gungq as in gungqbangh (Chongzuo dialect).