Where does “កំបុតត្បូង” come from?

កំបុតត្បូង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ត្បូង, from Khmer ដូង — coconut.

កំបុតត្បូង (Khmer): whirlwind, tornado

Definitions

  1. whirlwind, tornado

Ancestry of “កំបុតត្បូង”, step by step

កំបុតត្បូង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ត្បូង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerត្បូងhead
2Khmerដូងcoconut

via Khmer កំបុត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកំបុតto be broken, fractured; amputated, cut off, torn off; dismembered
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