រង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រង rṅ WT romanisation rɔɔng (standard) IPA(key) /rɔːŋ/

Etymology 1

From Thai รอง (rɔɔng)

Verb

រង • (rɔɔng) (abstract noun ការរង)

1. to support (from below), to assist
2. to bear, endure, undergo
3. to protect, defend (oneself)
4. to inherit, succeed to

Adjective

រង • (rɔɔng) (abstract noun ភាពរង)

1. to be a deputy / assistant
2. to be a victim
3. to clear up, become clear / transparent (as a liquid when the sediment has settled)

Noun

រង • (rɔɔng)

1. support, prop, stand
2. bedding, cushion
3. sediment, deposit

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rɔɔŋ. Compare perhaps Old Chinese 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs, “row”).

Noun

រង • (rɔɔng)

1. ridge or hill in a field (esp. for planting potatoes)
2. gutter (along the eaves of a house)