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Where does “បង្គង” come from?
បង្គង (Khmer) comes from Khmer គង, from Vietnamese cuốn — to roll.
បង្គង
(Khmer): prop, support
Definitions
prop, support
Ancestry of “បង្គង”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Khmer
គង
to lean something long up against something, to place something long across something else, to pile something up in a staggered / alternating fashion
2
Vietnamese
cuốn
to roll
Words derived from “បង្គង”
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