វង់

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See also: វែង and វាំង

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

Orthographic and Phonemic វង់
vṅ´
WT romanisation vŭəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋŭəŋ/

Verb

វង់ (vŭəng) (abstract noun ការវង់)

  1. to surround, go around, encircle
  2. to draw a circle, make a circle around something

Noun

វង់ (vŭəng)

  1. circle, circular place, circuit
  2. group, company, troop, team (especially of theatrical players or people playing a game)
  3. field, sphere
  4. ring, hoop
  5. disc, medallion, round slice
  6. 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)

  1. classifier for circular objects such as rings and groups of people sitting in a circle (card players, children playing a game, etc.)

Affixed forms

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