រង់ចាំ

Khmer

Etymology

Synonymous compound of រង់ (rŭəng, “wait”) +‎ ចាំ (cam, “wait”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រង់ចាំ rṅ´cāṃ WT romanisation rŭəng cam (standard) IPA(key) /rŭəŋ ˈcam/

Verb

រង់ចាំ • (rŭəng cam) (abstract noun ការរង់ចាំ)

1. to wait

Usage notes

The compound verb រងចាំ (rɔɔng cam) is often used instead, but this is considered incorrect.