Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
shrimplexitron
2n.
prawn; crayfish; crawfish; lobsterlexitron
3n.
shrimp; prawnwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesภาคใต้ มี น้ำพริกกุ้งเสียบ
In the South, there's nam phrik kung siap.
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).