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 ʼæt sang, “petrol”).

Noun

សាំង • (sang)

1. gasoline

Etymology 2

Adjective

សាំង • (sang) (abstract noun ភាពសាំង)

1. tamed (of animals), docile