ឆ្អឹង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaaŋ ~ *cʔaiŋ ~ *cʔi()ŋ (“bone”). Cognate with Vietnamese xương.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ឆ្អឹង c̥ʰʼẏṅ WT romanisation chʼəng (standard) IPA(key) /cʰʔəŋ/

Noun

ឆ្អឹង • (chʼəng)

1. bone, skeleton
2. framework

Derived terms

• ឆ្អឹងខ្ចី (chʼəng khcəy, “cartilage”)
• ឆ្អឹងខ្នង (chʼəng khnɑɑng)

Affixed forms

• ចំអឹង (cɑmʼəng)