ល្ហុង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *lhuŋ ~ *lhuuŋ (“papaya”). Cognate with Northern Khmer ลฮ็อง.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ល្ហុង l̥huṅ WT romanisation lhong (standard) IPA(key) /lhoŋ/

Noun

ល្ហុង • (lhong)

1. papaya (Carica papaya)
2. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
3. kind of hollyhock (grown as a natural fence)
4. kind of mango

Derived terms

• ស្វាយល្ហុង (svaaylhong)
• បុកល្ហុង (bok lhong, “som tam”)

Descendants

• → Lao: ຫຸ່ງ (hung, “papaya”)
• → Isan: หุ่ง (“papaya”)
  • → Saek: หุ่ง (“papaya”) (via Lao or Isan)
• → Thai: ละหุ่ง (lá-hùng, “castor oil plant”)