ត្បូង

Khmer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

• (compass points)

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

• ដំបូង (dɑmboung)