How to Say "to rise" in Khmer — ឡើង (laeung)

Meaningto rise

Part of speechverb

Usage notes

Use ឡើង when describing upward movement—climbing stairs, going up a hill, or anything that rises. It often appears with the directional particle ទៅ (e.g., ឡើងទៅ) to indicate the destination of the ascent.

Example sentence

គាត់ឡើងទៅលើភ្នំ។

He went up the mountain.

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