กระรอก

Thai

Etymology

From Khmer កំប្រុក (kɑmprok, “squirrel”), with hypercorrection by association with กระ (grà, “intensifying prefix”).

Cognate with Lao ກະຮອກ (ka hǭk) and Vietnamese sóc.

Pronunciation
Orthographicกระรอก
k r a r ɒ k
Phonemicกฺระ-รอก
k ̥ r a – r ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboongrà-rɔ̂ɔk
Royal Institutekra-rok
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.rɔːk̚˥˩/

Noun

กระรอก • (grà-rɔ̂ɔk) (classifier ตัว)

  1. squirrel.
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