Khmer

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Etymology

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From ល្អៀង (lʼiəng, to be inclined) with infixed -VN- (resultative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic លំអៀង
lṃʼiaṅ
WT romanisation lumʼiəng
(standard) IPA(key) /lum.ˈʔiəŋ/

Verb

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លំអៀង (lumʼiəng) (abstract noun ការលំអៀង)

  1. to tilt, incline to one side
  2. to cause to be partial, cause to take sides (used only in a moral sense)

Adjective

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លំអៀង (lumʼiəng) (abstract noun ភាពលំអៀង)

  1. to be inclined, tilted
  2. partial