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លួង

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Khmer lvaṅ (“to cheer, amuse, entertain, divert”) ← Pre-Angkorian Khmer loṅ; comparable to and possibly borrowed from Chinese 弄 (MC luwngH).[1]

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic លួង
luaṅ
WT romanisation luəng
(standard) IPA(key) /luəŋ/

Verb

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លួង • (luəng) (abstract noun ការលួង)

  1. to comfort, console, calm; cheer up
  2. to influence, cajole, wheedle, coax, flatter; to entice

References

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  1. ^ Schuessler, Axel (2007), ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese‎[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 363.
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