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