បង្អែរបង្អង់

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From អែរអង់ (ʼae ʼɑng, to delay) with prefixed bVN-, applied to each term of the alliterative reduplication.

Compare with the non-reduplicated form បង្អង់ (bɑngʼɑng), from អង់ (ʼɑng).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic បង្អែរបង្អង់
pṅ̥ʼaerpṅ̥ʼṅ´
WT romanisation bɑngʼae bɑngʼɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑŋ.ʔae ɓɑŋ.ʔɑŋ/

Verb[edit]

បង្អែរបង្អង់ (bɑngʼae bɑngʼɑng) (abstract noun ការបង្អែរបង្អង់)

  1. to delay (something), to slow down
  2. to postpone

See also[edit]