ល្ងង់

Khmer

Etymology

Compare Proto-Central Chin *ŋoŋ (“dull, stupid”) > Mizo ngawng (“dull, stupid”), Proto-Tai-Kadai *ŋV:ŋ.T (“stupid”) > Zhuang nguengh (“stupid”), as well as Old Khmer lṅaṅya (“stupid, obtuse, ignorant”) > Khmer ល្ងង់ (lngŭəng), Northern Khmer ลง็วง, Teochew 戇 (gong5).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ល្ងង់ l̥ṅṅ´ WT romanisation lngŭəng (standard) IPA(key) /lŋŭəŋ/

Adjective

ល្ងង់ • (lngŭəng) (abstract noun ភាពល្ងង់)

1. to be ignorant, uneducated, uninformed
2. to be foolish, silly, stupid

Derived terms

• ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ (phiəp lngŭəng khlaw, “ignorance”)