នំបុ័ង

Khmer

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Khmer នំ (num, “cake”) + transcription of French pain (“bread”). Compare Thai ขนมปัง (kà-nǒm-bpang).

Pronunciation

Orthographic នំបុ័ង
nṃpu˘ṅ
Phonemic នំ-ប៉ាំង
nṃ-p″āṃṅ
WT romanisation numpang
(standard) IPA(key) /num.ˈpaŋ/

Noun

នំបុ័ង • (numpang)

  1. bread

Usage notes

នំបុ័ង alone is the generic word for bread. នំបុ័ងវែង (numbុ័ngvɛɛng) ("long bread") means French-style baguette specifically.

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