Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From ត្បូង (tboung, head) with infixed -VN-.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ដំបូង
ṭṃpūṅ
WT romanisation dɑmboung
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑm.ˈɓouŋ/

Adjective edit

ដំបូង (dɑmboung) (abstract noun ភាពដំបូង)

  1. to be first, initial

Noun edit

ដំបូង (dɑmboung)

  1. beginning, start, origin