ជើង

See also: ជំងឺ and ជាង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ជេង៑ (jeṅ), ជេង (jeṅa), ជើង (jœṅa, “north; lower limb; leg; foot; bottom; edge; base; basis; stand; support; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်, Vietnamese chân, and Thai เชิง (chəəng). Munda cognates include Santali ᱡᱟᱝᱜᱟ (jaṅga).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ជើង joeṅ
WT romanisation	cəəng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/cəːŋ/

Noun

ជើង • (cəəng)

leg, foot
leg (subscript form of a Khmer consonant)
base, bottom, support
way, path, trip
time (instance or occurrence)
expert at (doing something)

Coordinate terms

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ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp)	ជើង (cəəng) ឧត្តរ (ʼutdɑɑ)	ឦសាន (ʼəysaan)
លិច (lɨc) បស្ចិម (bahcəm)		កើត (kaət) បូព៌ា (boupiə)
និរតី (nirədəy)	ត្បូង (tboung) ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən)	អាគ្នេយ៍ (ʼaaknee)

Derived terms

កំភួនជើង (kɑmphuən cəəng, “calf”)
ជើងក្អែក (cəəng kʼaek, “cross”)
ជើងទឹក (cəəng tɨk, “by sea”)
ជើងធ្មេញ (cəəng thmɨñ, “gum”)
ជើងអាកាស (cəəng ʼaakaah, “by air”)
ទ្រនាប់ជើង (trɔnŏəp cəəng)
បាតជើង (baat cəəng, “sole”)
ម្រាមជើង (mriəm cəəng, “toe”)
ស្បែកជើង (sbaek cəəng, “shoe”)
ស្រោមជើង (sraom cəəng)

Adverb

ជើង • (cəəng)

northwards, to the north (compare ត្បូង (tboung, “head”) meaning "south")

Classifier

ជើង • (cəəng)

classifier for trips and occurrences

Verb

ជើង • (cəəng) (abstract noun ការជើង)

to be an expert at
to be skilled at (especially at gambling and other vices)