ទំពាំង

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Angkorian Old Khmer taṃvāṅ ~ tamvāṅ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer taṃvaṅ (“bud, sprout, shoot”). The etymon is comprised of infixal element /-əɴ-/ and the Old Khmer root tvaṅ ~ tvāṅ (Jenner, 2009).

This particular root is inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *tɓaŋ (“bamboo shoots”) (Sidwell, 2024), and cognate with the likes of Pacoh abáng, Vietnamese măng, Bahnar tơ'băng, Mang ɓaŋ⁶, and Mon တ္ၜၚ် (bɛŋ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ទំពាំង dṃbāṃṅ WT romanisation tumpĕəng (standard) IPA(key) /tum.ˈpĕəŋ/

Noun

ទំពាំង • (tumpĕəng)

1. bamboo shoot
2. bud (of certain tall grasses)