ដង

See also: ដឹង and ដូង

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដង ṭṅ WT romanisation dɑɑng (standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑːŋ/

Verb

ដង • (dɑɑng) (abstract noun ការដង)

1. to draw water (from a source with a bucket)
2. to scoop something out of the water with a container

Noun

ដង • (dɑɑng)

1. pole, post
2. handle, hilt (of an ax, shovel, knife, etc.), neck (of a musical instrument)
3. shaft, tongue (of a plow)
4. yoke
5. body, torso, trunk
6. range, expanse (of forest), chain (of mountains)
7. current, water course, stream flow, direction (of the flow of water, of a road)
8. time, occurrence, occasion
   1. (arithmetic) times

      ពីរប្រាំដងដប់  ―  pii pram dɑɑng dɑp  ―  two times five is ten

9. (anatomy) perineum

Affixed forms

• ដំណង (dâmnâng)
• ម្ដង (mdɑɑng)

See also

• ច្រាម (craam)
• កាល (kaal)
• ពេល (peel)
• ជើង (cəəng)