ວຽງ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”)[1]. Cognate with Thai เวียง (wiiang), Northern Thai ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦ (wiang). Khmer វៀង (viəng, “city, metropolis, capital”) is a back-loan from Tai.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wiaŋ˦˥/

Noun

ວຽງ • (wīang) (classifier ວຽງ)

  1. (obsolete) (walled) city, town

Derived terms

References
  1. Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 767. p. 233
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