ត្បូង

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From ដូង (doung, coconut) with infixed -b- (specializing).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ត្បូង
t̥pūṅ
WT romanisation tboung
(standard) IPA(key) /tɓouŋ/

Noun

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ត្បូង (tboung)

  1. (archaic) head
  2. south (according to the ancient Khmer tradition, the head should point south when sleeping; compare ជើង (cəəng, foot) ~ "north")
  3. gemstone, precious stone

Coordinate terms

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ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp) ជើង (cəəng)
ឧត្តរ (ʼutdɑɑ)
ឦសាន (ʼəysaan)
លិច (lɨc)
បស្ចិម (bahcəm)
កើត (kaət)
បូព៌ា (boupiə)
និរតី (nirədəy) ត្បូង (tboung)
ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən)
អាគ្នេយ៍ (ʼaaknee)

Affixed forms

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