The Archives of Ok-Phra Wisut Sunthon (Kosa Pan): The Ancient Vocabularies’ Characteristics in Ayutthaya Period

Abstract

 This article aims to study the ancient vocabularies’ characteristics in Ayutthaya period in the diary writing of Ok-Phra Wisut Sunthon (Kosa Pan) which was written in Thai language with a total of 68 pages. As a result of the study, it is found that the diary writing of Ok-Phra Wisut Sunthon (Kosa Pan) in Ayutthaya period contained the use of the ancient vocabularies in both Thai words and borrowed words. According to Thai words, the researcher found the ancient vocabularies in the diary of Kosa Pan, including nouns, verbs and adverbs as follows: 1) three types of noun vocabularies which were common nouns, proper nouns, and collective nouns, 2) two types of verb vocabularies which were intransitive verbs (a verb that does not need an object), and transitive verbs (a verb that needs an object), and 3) the adverb vocabularies which were found that the adverbs of manner were mostly used. For the borrowed words, the researcher found that there was the use of the ancient vocabularies in the various languages, including French, Portuguese, English, Pali, Sanskrit, and Khmer.