លង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *lɔɔŋ (“to try, to test”). Compare Thai ลอง (lɔɔng), a Khmer borrowing.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic លង lṅ WT romanisation lɔɔng (standard) IPA(key) /lɔːŋ/

Verb

លង • (lɔɔng) (abstract noun ការលង)

1. to test, to try
2. to haunt

   ខ្មោចលងនាង  ―  khmaoc lɔɔng niəng  ―  A​ ghost haunts her, appears to her.

Affixed forms

• ប្រឡង (prɑlɑɑng)
• ល្បង (lbɑɑng)

See also

• ល (lɔɔ)