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Khmer
Etymology
From Old Khmer វាង៑ (vāṅ), វាង្ង៑ (vāṅṅ), វង៑ (vaṅ, “enclosure; citadel, fort, fortress, stronghold; palace; to encircle, to enclose, to surround; to bar, to block; to screen, to shield; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”). Doublet of វាំង (vĕəng), ពាំង (pĕəng), and វៀង (viəng).
វង់ is also the allomorph of modern ពង់ (pŭəng, “to puff up”).
Pronunciation
Verb
វង់ • (vŭəng) (abstract noun ការវង់)
- to surround, go around, encircle
- to draw a circle, make a circle around something
Noun
វង់ • (vŭəng)
- circle, circular place, circuit
- group, company, troop, team (especially of theatrical players or people playing a game)
- field, sphere
- ring, hoop
- disc, medallion, round slice
- a game played by throwing a lead disk at a pile of money in the center of a circle (the distance of the throw is standardized and the thrower who knocks the money out of the circle wins it)
Derived terms
Classifier
វង់ • (vʊəŋ)
- classifier for circular objects such as rings and groups of people sitting in a circle (card players, children playing a game, etc.)
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