ស្មើ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Middle Khmer ស្មេ (sme), ស្មើ (smœ), ស្មើហ (smœha, same; equal), from Old Khmer ស្មេ (sme, idem), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sməʔ, *sməh (equal, alike), ultimately from Sanskrit सम (sama, idem) or Pali sama (idem). Cognate with Thai เสมอ (sà-mə̌ə), Lao ສະເໝີ (sa mœ̄), ᦉᦵᦖᦲ (ṡṁoe).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្មើ
s̥moe
WT romanisation smaə
(standard) IPA(key) /smaə/

Adjective

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ស្មើ (smaə) (abstract noun ភាពស្មើ)

  1. same, alike
  2. equal
  3. impartial