Where does “ຫຸ່ງ” come from?

ຫຸ່ງ (Lao) comes from Khmer ល្ហុង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer lhuŋ — papaya.

ຫຸ່ງ (Lao): papaya

Definitions

  1. papaya

Ancestry of “ຫຸ່ງ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្ហុងpapaya; castor oil plant; kind of hollyhock
2Proto-Mon-Khmerlhuŋpapaya

Words derived from “ຫຸ່ງ”

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