โขมด
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Thai[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
| Orthographic | โขมด o kʰ m ɗ | |
| Phonemic | ขะ-โหฺมด kʰ a – o h ̥ m ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kà-mòot |
| Royal Institute | kha-mot | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰa˨˩.moːt̚˨˩/(R) | |
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Khmer ខ្មោច (khmoca), ក្មោច្ច៑ (kmocc), ខ្មោច៑ (khmoc, “corpse; ghost, spirit; ancestral spirit; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្មោច (khmaoc).
Noun[edit]
โขมด • (kà-mòot)
- gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
โขมด • (kà-mòot)