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)

papaya (Carica papaya)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
kind of hollyhock (grown as a natural fence)
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”)

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