តាំង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តាំង tāṃṅ WT romanisation tang (standard) IPA(key) /taŋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer តាង (“taṅ”), ("1 v.tr. To fix, set up, erect, install"). Compare Thai ตั้ง (dtâng, “to erect; to start”).

Verb

តាំង • (tang) (abstract noun ការតាំង)

1. to establish, create, erect
2. to place, set up, arrange
3. to install, decorate, equip
4. to start (to do something)

Preposition

តាំង • (tang)

1. since

Noun

តាំង • (tang)

1. small hill in a forest, wooden land which has been cleared to build a village or erect a pagoda, often found in toponyms.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Teochew 陳／陈 (dang⁵).

Proper noun

តាំង • (tang)

1. Taing, a surname from Teochew

Etymology 3

Compare Thai ตั่ง (dtàng).

Noun

តាំង • (tang)

1. a low table, small bench (a type of traditional seat)