ประคอง

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Thai

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Angkorian Old Khmer ផ្គង៑ (phgaṅ). Cognate with Khmer ផ្គង់ (phkŭəng), Lao ປະຄອງ (pa khǭng).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประคอง
p r a g ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-คอง
p ̥ r a – g ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-kɔɔng
Royal Institutepra-khong
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.kʰɔːŋ˧/(R)

Verb

ประคอง (bprà-kɔɔng) (abstract noun การประคอง)

  1. to support; to help.