ល្វាង៑

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin lvāṅ‍
Pallava ‍

Alternative forms

  • (pre-Angkorian) លវាង៑ (lavāṅ)
  • ល្វង៑ (lvaṅ)

Etymology

From ល- (“prefix”) +‎ វាង៑ (vāṅ, “to encircle, to surround, to enclose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lwaŋ/

Verb

ល្វាង៑ (lvāṅ)

  1. (stative) to be circular, in a circle.
  2. (intransitive) to move in a circle; to go around, to make rounds, to patrol.

Noun

ល្វាង៑ (lvāṅ)

  1. circle, ring.
  2. distance between: space, gap; interval, period; time, occasion.
  3. patrol; member of a patrol.

Affixed forms

  • លំវង៑ (“laṃvaṅ”)

Descendants

  • Khmer: រវាង (rɔviəng)
  • Lao: ລະຫວ່າງ (la huāng)
  • Thai: ระวาง (rá-waang), ระหว่าง (rá-wàang)
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