ទង់

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See also: ទង and ទាំង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ទង់
dṅ´
WT romanisation tŭəng
(standard) IPA(key) /tŭəŋ/

Etymology 1

Verb

ទង់ (tŭəng) (abstract noun ការទង់)

  1. to pull back and forth, tug back and forth
  2. to try to convince
  3. to fight, struggle

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

Compare Thai ธง (tong), Northern Thai ᨴᩩᨦ, Lao ທຸງ (thung).

Noun

ទង់ (tŭəng)

  1. flag, banner
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Chinese (OC *doːŋ, “copper”). Cognate with Thai ทอง (tɔɔng), Lao ທອງ (thǭng), Vietnamese đồng. Doublet of ថង (thɑɑng) and ទង (tɔɔng).

Noun

ទង់ (tŭəng)

  1. bronze, red copper
  2. alloy of copper and gold, 10 kt gold