បង

See also: បង់, បឹង, and បាំង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បង pṅ WT romanisation bɑɑng (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑːŋ/

Pronoun

បង • (bɑɑng)

1. I, me, my (husband speaking to wife; older sibling speaking to younger sibling; older friend speaking to younger friend)

   បងស្រឡាញ់អូន ― bɑɑng srɑlaɲ ’oon ― I love you (man to woman)

2. you, your (wife speaking to husband; younger sibling speaking to older sibling; younger friend speaking to older friend)

   អូនស្រឡាញ់បង ― ’oon srɑlaɲ bɑɑng ― I love you (woman to man)

Noun

បង • (bɑɑng)

1. elder sibling

Verb

បង • (bɑɑng) (abstract noun ការបង)

1. to be older than

   ខ្ញុំបងគាត់ប្រាំឆ្នាំ (knyom bɑɑng koat pram chnam) — I’m five years older than him

Prefix

បង • (bâng)

1. a form of បំ (bɑm), a causative prefix for verbs, similar to English en-. It makes the verb transitive and adds a meaning like make, to lead, to direct.

Synonyms

• បន (bɑɑn) (prefix, e.g. ឡប់ (lɑp) → បន្លប់ (bɑnlup))
• បញ (bɑɑñ) (prefix, e.g. ចប់ (cɑp) → បញ្ចប់ (bɑñcɑp))
• ភ (phɔɔ) (prefix, e.g. ជុំ (cum) → ភ្ជុំ (phcum))
• អម (ʼɑɑm) (infix, e.g. ស្រែក (sraek) → សម្រែក (sɑmrɛɛk) or សំរែក (sɑmrɛɛk) = ស + -អម- + រែក; ស្ដែង → សម្ដែង or សំដែង)
• ំ (ំ) or ម (mɔɔ) (infix, e.g. ស្ដែង (sdaeng) → សំដែង (sɑmdaeng) or សម្ដែង (sɑmdaeng))