មាត់

See also: ម៉ាត់, ម៉ូតូ, and មុត

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer mat (“mouth, maw; face”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Cognate with Northern Khmer เมื็อด. Compare Juang tɔmɔɖ. The current meaning is a development from "face", which is itself derived from "eye", the root's original meaning. Compare Vietnamese mặt (“face”) and mắt (“eye”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មាត់ māt´ WT romanisation mŏət (standard) IPA(key) /mŏət/

Noun

មាត់ • (mŏət)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. bank (of a river)

Derived terms

• បបូរមាត់ (bɑboo moat)