ពង

ពង

See also: ពាំង, ពាង, and ពែង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពង bṅ WT romanisation pɔɔng (standard) IPA(key) /pɔːŋ/

Etymology 1

Compare Thai พอง (pɔɔng, “to swell; swollen”).

Noun

ពង • (pɔɔng)

1. blister, abscess, boil
2. tumor
3. bump
4. bruise

Verb

ពង • (pɔɔng) (abstract noun ការពង)

1. to get blisters
2. to come to a head (of a boil or abscess)
3. to puff up, swell up, become inflated

Adjective

ពង • (pɔɔng) (abstract noun ភាពពង)

1. swollen

Derived terms

• ពងជ័រព្នៅ (pɔɔngcɔəpnɨw)
• ពងមាន់ស្ងោ (pɔɔngmŏənsngao)

Etymology 2

Compare Thai ฟอง (fɔɔng, “bubble; egg”).

Noun

ពង • (pɔɔng)

1. egg
2. (colloquial) testicle

Synonyms

• (egg): ស៊ុត (sut)

Verb

ពង • (pɔɔng) (abstract noun ការពង)

1. to lay an egg

Derived terms

• ពងទឹក (pɔɔng tɨk, “bubble”)