ត្បូង

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ដូង (doung, “coconut”) with infixed -b- (specializing).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្បូង
t̥pūṅ
WT romanisation tboung
(standard) IPA(key) /tɓouŋ/

Noun[edit]

ត្បូង • (tboung)

  1. (archaic) head
  2. south (according to the ancient Khmer tradition, the head should point south when sleeping; compare ជើង (cəəng, “foot”) ~ "north")
  3. gemstone, precious stone

Coordinate terms[edit]

ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp) ជើង (cəəng)
ឧត្តរ (ʼutdɑɑ) 		ឦសាន (ʼəysaan)
លិច (lɨc)
បស្ចិម (bahcəm) 		កើត (kaət)
បូព៌ា (boupiə)
និរតី (nirədəy) ត្បូង (tboung)
ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən) 		អាគ្នេយ៍ (ʼaaknee)

Affixed forms[edit]

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