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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *fuːŋᴬ¹ (“flock; swarm; group; party”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩪᨦ, Lao ຝູງ (fūng), Lü ᦚᦳᧂ (ḟung), Shan ၽုင် (phǔng) or ၾုင် (fǔng), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜂𑜫 (phuṅ).

Orthographic/Phonemicฝูง
f ū ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonfǔung
Royal Institutefung
(standard) IPA(key)/fuːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

ฝูง • (fǔung)

  1. group: collection or assemblage (of persons, things, etc).
    มาเป็นฝูง
    maa bpen fǔung
    come in groups
    ฝูงผึ้ง
    fǔung pʉ̂ng
    swarm of bees
    ฝูงนก
    fǔung nók
    flock of birds
    ฝูงกา
    fǔung gaa
    murder of crows
    ฝูงปลา
    fǔung bplaa
    school of fish
    ฝูงหมา
    fǔung mǎa
    pack of dogs
    ฝูงแมว
    fǔung mɛɛo
    clowder of cats
    ฝูงลิง
    fǔung ling
    troop of monkeys
    ฝูงโจร
    fǔung joon
    company of bandits
  • Rarely used of inanimate things.
  • Groups of elephants are called โขลง (klǒong).
  • Now, applying the term to other living things than non-human animals is somewhat archaic, and applying the term to human beings can be considered derogatory and offensive.