បង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បង
pṅ
WT romanisation bɑɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑːŋ/

Pronoun

បង (bɑɑng)

  1. I, me, my (husband speaking to wife; older sibling speaking to younger sibling; older friend speaking to younger friend)
    បងស្រឡាញ់អូនbɑɑng srɑlaɲ ’oonI love you (man to woman)
  2. you, your (wife speaking to husband; younger sibling speaking to older sibling; younger friend speaking to older friend)
    អូនស្រឡាញ់បង’oon srɑlaɲ bɑɑngI love you (woman to man)

Noun

បង (bɑɑng)

  1. elder sibling

Verb

បង (bɑɑng) (abstract noun ការបង)

  1. to be older than
    ខ្ញុំបងគាត់ប្រាំឆ្នាំ (knyom bɑɑng koat pram chnam) — I’m five years older than him

Prefix

បង (bâng)

  1. a form of បំ (bɑm), a causative prefix for verbs, similar to English en-. It makes the verb transitive and adds a meaning like make, to lead, to direct.

Synonyms

  • បន (bɑɑn) (prefix, e.g. ឡប់បន្លប់)
  • បញ (bɑɑñ) (prefix, e.g. ចប់បញ្ចប់)
  • (phɔɔ) (prefix, e.g. ជុំភ្ជុំ)
  • អម (ʾɑɑm) (infix, e.g. ស្រែកសម្រែក or សំរែក = + -អម- + រែក; ស្ដែងសម្ដែង or សំដែង)
  • or (mɔɔ) (infix, e.g. ស្ដែងសំដែង or សម្ដែង)
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