សាំង

See also: សង, ស្ងោ, and សង់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សាំង
sāṃṅ
WT romanisation sang
(standard) IPA(key) /saŋ/

Etymology 1

Loaned from French essence (“gasoline, petrol”). Compare Vietnamese xăng, ét-xăng (“petrol”), Lao ນ້ຳມັນແອັດຊັງ (nam man ǣ ʼat sang, “petrol”).

Noun

សាំង • (sang)

  1. gasoline

Etymology 2

Adjective

សាំង • (sang) (abstract noun ភាពសាំង)

  1. tamed (of animals), docile
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