ល្ងង់

Khmer

Etymology

Compare Proto-Central Chin *ŋoŋ (“dull, stupid”) > Mizo ngawng (“dull, stupid”), Proto-Tai-Kadai *ŋV:ŋ.T (“stupid”) > Zhuang nguengh (“stupid”), as well as Old Khmer lṅaṅya (“stupid, obtuse, ignorant”) > Khmer ល្ងង់ (lngŭəng), Northern Khmer ลง็วง, Teochew 戇 (gong5).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ល្ងង់ l̥ṅṅ´
WT romanisation	lngŭəng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/lŋŭəŋ/

Adjective

ល្ងង់ • (lngŭəng) (abstract noun ភាពល្ងង់)

to be ignorant, uneducated, uninformed
to be foolish, silly, stupid

Derived terms

ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ (phiəp lngŭəng khlaw, “ignorance”)

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