ល្ងង់

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Compare Proto-Central Chin *ŋoŋ (“dull, stupid”) > Mizo ngawng (dull, stupid), Proto-Tai-Kadai *ŋV:ŋ.T (“stupid”) > Zhuang nguengh (stupid), as well as Old Khmer lṅaṅya (stupid, obtuse, ignorant) > Khmer ល្ងង់ (lngŭəng), Northern Khmer ลง็วง, Teochew (gong5).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ល្ងង់
l̥ṅṅ´
WT romanisation lngŭəng
(standard) IPA(key) /lŋŭəŋ/

Adjective

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ល្ងង់ (lngŭəng) (abstract noun ភាពល្ងង់)

  1. to be ignorant, uneducated, uninformed
  2. to be foolish, silly, stupid

Derived terms

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