ដៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ. Cognate with Pacoh ati, Bahnar ti, Bolyu ti⁵⁵, Riang [Lang] tiʔ¹. Vietnamese tay is not certainly related.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដៃ
ṭai
WT romanisation day
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗaj/

Noun

ដៃ (day)

  1. (anatomy) arm, hand
  2. handle, lever, crank
  3. branch (of a tree, river), offshoot
  4. tendril
  5. elephant trunk
  6. sleeve
  7. steering wheel

Derived terms

See also

Classifier

ដៃ (day)

  1. classifier for handfuls of young rice plants, grass
  2. classifier for slaps with the hand
  3. classifier for a bunch of areca nuts

Interjection

ដៃ (day)

  1. command to an elephant not to move its trunk, or not to pull something with its trunk
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