ฝูง

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).

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.

• → Khmer: ផូង (phoung), ហ្វូង (voung)
• → Chong: ฟูง