ជើង

From Old Khmer ជេង៑ (jeṅ), ជេង (jeṅa), ជើង (jœṅa, “north; lower limb; leg; foot; bottom; edge; base; basis; stand; support; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်, Vietnamese chân, and Thai เชิง (chəəng). Munda cognates include Santali ᱡᱟᱝᱜᱟ (jaṅga).

ជើង • (cəəng)

1. leg, foot
2. leg (subscript form of a Khmer consonant)
3. base, bottom, support
4. way, path, trip
5. time (instance or occurrence)
6. expert at (doing something)

• (compass points)

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

• កំភួនជើង (kɑmphuən cəəng, “calf”)
• ជើងក្អែក (cəəng kʼaek, “cross”)
• ជើងទឹក (cəəng tɨk, “by sea”)
• ជើងធ្មេញ (cəəng thmɨñ, “gum”)
• ជើងអាកាស (cəəng ʼaakaah, “by air”)
• ទ្រនាប់ជើង (trɔnŏəp cəəng)
• បាតជើង (baat cəəng, “sole”)
• ម្រាមជើង (mriəm cəəng, “toe”)
• ស្បែកជើង (sbaek cəəng, “shoe”)
• ស្រោមជើង (sraom cəəng)

ជើង • (cəəng)

1. northwards, to the north (compare ត្បូង (tboung, “head”) meaning "south")

ជើង • (cəəng)

1. classifier for trips and occurrences

ជើង • (cəəng) (abstract noun ការជើង)

1. to be an expert at
2. to be skilled at (especially at gambling and other vices)