Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From លួង (luəng, to coax) with infixed -b- (processive).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ល្បួង
l̥puaṅ
WT romanisation lbuəng
(standard) IPA(key) /lɓuəŋ/

Verb edit

ល្បួង (lbuəng) (abstract noun ការល្បួង)

  1. to entice, tempt, seduce, persuade; to cajole, coax; to cheat or swindle by using trickery