ទង

See also: ទង់ and ទាំង

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ទង
dṅ
WT romanisation tɔɔng
(standard) IPA(key) /tɔːŋ/

Etymology 1

Noun

ទង • (tɔɔng)

  1. stem (of a plant), trunk, stalk
  2. base, trunk
  3. tendril
  4. origin, cause, reason, source
  5. duct, canal

Classifier

ទង • (tɔɔng)

  1. classifier for stems, stalks (for example, of flowers)

Etymology 2

From Old Chinese 銅 (OC *doːŋ, “copper”). Cognate with Thai ทอง (tɔɔng), Lao ທອງ (thǭng), Khmer ទង់ (tŭəng) and ថង (thɑɑng), Vietnamese đồng.

Noun

ទង • (tɔɔng)

  1. gold
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