រពីង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓiŋ ~ *ɓiiŋ ~ *ɓiəŋ ~ *ɓuŋ ~ *ɓhiŋ ~ *ɓhiəŋ (“spider”). Cognate with Pacoh apiang and Alak kapiːŋ. Doublet of ពីងពាង (piing piəng) and ហុរពីង (hopiing).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រពីង rbīṅ WT romanisation rɔpiing (standard) IPA(key) /rɔ.ˈpiːŋ/

Noun

រពីង • (rɔpiing)

1. trapdoor spider

Derived terms

• រពីងសមុទ្រ (rɔpiing saʼmot)