ជើង
Khmer edit
Etymology edit
From Old Khmer ជេង៑ (jeṅ), ជេង (jeṅa), ជើង (jœṅa, “north; lower limb; leg; foot; bottom; edge; base; basis; stand; support; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်, Vietnamese chân, and Thai เชิง (chəəng). Munda cognates include Santali ᱡᱟᱝᱜᱟ (jaṅga).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
ជើង • (cəəng)
- leg, foot
- leg (subscript form of a Khmer consonant)
- base, bottom, support
- way, path, trip
- time (instance or occurrence)
- expert at (doing something)
Coordinate terms edit
| ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp) | ជើង (cəəng) ឧត្តរ (ʼutdɑɑ) |
ឦសាន (ʼəysaan) |
| លិច (lɨc) បស្ចិម (bahcəm) |
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កើត (kaət) បូព៌ា (boupiə) |
| និរតី (nirədəy) | ត្បូង (tboung) ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən) |
អាគ្នេយ៍ (ʼaaknee) |
Derived terms edit
- កំភួនជើង (kɑmphuən cəəng, “calf”)
- ជើងក្អែក (cəəng kʼaek, “cross”)
- ជើងទឹក (cəəng tɨk, “by sea”)
- ជើងធ្មេញ (cəəng thmɨñ, “gum”)
- ជើងអាកាស (cəəng ʼaakaah, “by air”)
- ទ្រនាប់ជើង (trɔnŏəp cəəng)
- បាតជើង (baat cəəng, “sole”)
- ម្រាមជើង (mriəm cəəng, “toe”)
- ស្បែកជើង (sbaek cəəng, “shoe”)
- ស្រោមជើង (sraom cəəng)
Adverb edit
ជើង • (cəəng)
- northwards, to the north (compare ត្បូង (tboung, “head”) meaning "south")
Classifier edit
ជើង • (cəəng)
- classifier for trips and occurrences