លុង

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Khmer

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋh ~ *luuŋ(h) ~ *ləŋh (to hollow, excavate, bore). Compare Vietnamese trũng (concave).

Putative cognates are found in Sino-Tibetan languages, mainly in Burmese လှိုင်း (hluing:, uneven surface) and Mizo lawng (to take out the heart of a wild plantain tree).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Orthographic and Phonemic លុង
luṅ
WT romanisation lung
(standard) IPA(key) /luŋ/

Verb

[edit]

លុង (lung) (abstract noun ការលុង)

  1. to dig a hole, excavate
  2. to drill
  3. to hollow out

Synonyms

[edit]