Khmer

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Etymology

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From ឡើង (laəng, to go up) with infixed -VN- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ដំឡើង
ṭṃḷoeṅ
WT romanisation dɑmlaəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑm.ˈlaəŋ/

Verb

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ដំឡើង (dɑmlaəng) (abstract noun ការដំឡើង)

  1. to raise, to lift up, to hoist
  2. to mount, to assemble
  3. to augment, to increase (in size or volume)
  4. to string (a bow), to activate (a trap), to operate
  5. to perform a propitiatory ceremony

Noun

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ដំឡើង (dɑmlaəng)

  1. high water, flood