Where does “ល្បែងលេងសើច” come from?

ល្បែងលេងសើច (Khmer) comes from Khmer ល្បែង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.

ល្បែងលេងសើច (Khmer): joke, jest

Definitions

  1. joke, jest

Ancestry of “ល្បែងលេងសើច”, step by step

ល្បែងលេងសើច traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ល្បែង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្បែងgame
2Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun

via Khmer សើច

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសើចto laugh
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